Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Dr. Whooves Meets Derpy
A/N: (Applejack walks up to the writers studio and knocks on the door. When there is no answer, she tries knocking again when there is a loud trumpeting sound that makes her jump and turn to see the TARDIS appear in the yard.)
Applejack: What the hey?! (The door opens and Dede42, Sunrise Blossom, and Derpy come out with dizzy expressions.) What happen to you three?
Dede42: Doctor - wrong lever - couldn't find brakes. (She then face plants on the grass.) Ow.
Applejack: (shakes her head and looks at Sunrise Blossom and Derpy) Wild ride?
Sunrise Blossom: Yup.
Derpy: Let's do it again!
The Doctor: (pokes his head out of the TARDIS) Sorry about that. Have to go now! (He shuts the door and the TARDIS disappears.)
Applejack: If you two are up to it, let's get Dede42 inside and onto the couch.
Sunrise Blossom and Derpy: Ok.
(The three ponies help Dede42 up and they support her into the writers studio.)
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CHAPTER THREE: THE DOCTOR'S TALE
"Gallifrey?" Derpy repeated as the male pony sat down on his rump, his ears drooping. "You know that place?"
"Yes, I do," Dr. Hooves answered, his eyes brimming with unshed tears. "It was my home a very long time ago."
Now Derpy was really confused. "Your home?" she repeated. "But I thought your home is back in Ponyville? In Equestria?"
Dr. Hooves shook his head and got up, turning his back on the view, and walked back to the console. "No, that's where I live, but I'm not from Equestria originally. I came from another world, that world." He looked back at the orbiting planet and looked at the pegasus. "A very long time ago, I was born and raised on Gallifrey until I chose to leave, taking this very TARDIS with me, along with my granddaughter, Susan. When I arrived in Equestria, I chose to change my name so nopony would know the truth, save for Princess Celestia, who has known this whole time."
"What is the truth?" Derpy asked, glancing at the planet. "Why leave in the first place?"
"I guess it's time that I told the true story," said Dr. Whooves, nodding to the seat and she sat down. "Before coming to Equestria, I referred to myself as Dr. Whooves, but I changed it to Dr. Hooves, and yet neither has been my name…"
A very long time ago on Gallifrey, a celebration was taking place in the Great House of Lungbarrow, for a new baby had been born to Chancellor Heroic Chaser of the High Council and his wife, Lady Starry Rose.
"I present my son, Little Honor," Chancellor Heroic Chaser announced proudly and there was much cheering and hoof stomping from the gathered guests. "And as my first born, he will one day take my seat on the High Council of Gallifrey." And there was more cheering and hoof stomping.
Soon the mares were gathered around Starry Rose to gush over the baby, whose skin was a light grey like his mother, his hair was ginger like that of his mother, and his eyes were blue like his father's. The colts and stallions gathered around Heroic Chaser to congratulate him on having an heir to his estate, which would've gone to one of his cousins.
"Congratulations, Heroic Chaser," said a dark-skinned stallion with grey eyes, black hair and beard, and a silver pocket-watch cutie mark. "However, do you really think your son will take your place on the High Council?"
"Of course he will, Night Moon," Heroic Chaser said confidently. "Just like Icy Midnight will one day take your place on the High Council."
Night Moon chuckled. "Only you would see the best in others, Heroic Chaser," he commented. "My friend, can we go to your study? There is something I must speak of in private."
"Of course."
The two male ponies entered a comfortable study with high wooden shelves filled with all kinds of books of the physical kind instead of the electronic kind, comfortable seats, and an elegant wooden desk with the usual supplies organized neatly.
Pouring them each a drink, the two ponies seated themselves in two chairs across from each other near the lit fireplace.
"What do you talk about, my friend?" Heroic Chaser asked after sipping his drink.
"A prophecy was found within the Matrix that hadn't been seen before," Night Moon informed his friend while sipping his own drink.
"There are always prophecies appearing and disappearing inside the Matrix," Heroic Chaser reminded his friend. "I seem to recall a prophecy that claimed that Rassilon himself would return to lead Gallifrey to victory within a dozen years, and the High Council was so excited for this to happen, only to have the prophecy disappear two weeks later, and it was discovered that somepony had hacked the Matrix and put the prophecy there as a joke."
"And may that pony be caught one day," said Night Moon with a chuckle, recalling the stir that fake prophecy had caused. "Unfortunately, this prophecy isn't fake, and there are those on the High Council who didn't want me to say anything to you, Heroic Chaser."
Heroic Chaser looked at his friend questioningly, his forehead furrowed. "Why would they not want me to know about a new prophecy?" he questioned.
Night Moon sighed, staring into the liquid still in his glass, clearly looking for a way to answer his friend's question without causing grief, but he couldn't see a way around it. "It's better I show the prophecy itself," he said, pulling out a silver orb, which he set on the table between them.
For several minutes the orb sat there before it started glowing blue and a beam of light shot upward, forming into a cloaked and hooded figure, which began speaking in a distorted voice.
"During the Fallen Month,
"A child of the Great Houses will be born.
"This child will rise above his equals.
"He will become the best of the Time Lords
"And he will also be their downfall.
"When the Last Great Time War is at
"Its' end, the Child will stand in the
"Ruins and he will bring about
"Gallifrey's downfall.
"Gallifrey will fall, and the
"Time of the Time Lords will end."
When the orb returned to normal, Heroic Chaser sat frozen in his seat for several long minutes before he broke the silence. "A-and are you sure this prophecy refers to my son?"
"Shortly after the prophecy was found, President Doran had a check done of the Matrix to determine whether this prophecy was real," Night Moon explained. "When that was confirmed, a check was done of fillies and foals that had been or would be born this month, and only two were born in the Great Houses, my son and your son."
"So, if this prophecy was to come to pass, it could mean either of our sons," said Heroic Chaser, feeling ill.
"I know how you're feeling, my friend," Night Moon agreed. "But you know that out of the prophecies that were real, you know barely half of them have ever really come true."
"Then, let's hope this prophecy won't come true either."
"Agreed."
Several years passed and both Little Honor and Icy Midnight grew up together, becoming close friends and they were almost brothers due to how much time they spent in each other's company when not busy with their studies. During one of their breaks from their studies, the two foals went running around the red grass that grew next to the estate owned by Night Moon.
"Gotcha!" Icy Midnight called out, tackling his friend so that they went rolling through the grass, laughing and had a tickle battle for a few seconds. Out of breath, he rolled onto his back and stared up at the sky, Little Honor lying next to him, and they watched as the white clouds passed overhead. "Honor, do you ever wonder what life might be like on other worlds?" he wondered.
"Sometimes," Little Honor admitted. "Why?"
Icy Midnight shrugged. "I don't know," he confessed. "Sometimes I have dreams about traveling through time and space like our early ancestors used to do before it was decided that we should remain planet-bound. I mean, we're all Time Lords, and yet we never travel. So what's the point of growing new TARDIS' if we never use them?"
Little Honor glanced at his friend and then back up at the sky, hesitating for a moment before he voiced his own thoughts. "You want to know something that I haven't told anypony, Icy?" he asked, earning a questioning look from his friend. "I've been having the same dreams about traveling, too."
"You have?" Icy Midnight asked, looking at his friend with interest. "You have dreams about traveling to other worlds and meeting other races?"
"I do," said Little Honor. "I dream about traveling to all kinds of worlds throughout the universe. There's one in particular that I've dreamed about almost regularly about this land inhabited by all kinds of ponies that have all kinds of adventures. It's the kind of place I would love to visit someday."
Icy Midnight chuckled. "Yeah, like either of us are ever gonna get to go off planet without permission from the High Council," he scoffed.
"Yeah, they're just silly dreams," Little Honor agreed and then a sly smile crossed his face. "Hey, wanna sneak into the kitchen and see if you and I can snag some of the cookies being made for tonight's reception?"
"You're on."
When Little Honor and Icy Midnight both turned eight years old, on the night of their birthdays, they were surprised when Lord President Doran arrived with members of the Capitol Guard and they were informed that they would be going to the Drylands with other fillies and colts that had also turned eight years old to take part in a test that would help determine when they would enter the Academy.
Neither of them wanted to go, but their fathers assured them that it would be fine, and that all young fillies and foals went through this test. So they nervously and reluctantly went with the guards to the Drylands.
When Icy Midnight and Little Honor arrived in the middle of the Drylands, they found others there, and among them were familiar faces from the neighboring estates: Ruby Silver, a female unicorn with green skin, grey eyes, and brown hair. Gravel Walker, a male unicorn with blue skin, black hair, and light green eyes. Drax, a male pegasus with light brown skin, brown eyes, and black hair. Magnus, a male unicorn with red skin, green eyes, and black hair. Iron Bubble, a pegasus with blue skin, green hair, and purple eyes.
"Do any of you know what's going on?" Ruby Silver asked them the moment they were together.
"I think it's the test that we need to pass in order to get into the Academy," said Little Honor. "At least that's what Lord President Doran told us."
"I wonder what kind of test this will be?" Drax wondered.
"If you get into the Academy, it won't matter to know what kind of test it'll be," said Magnus.
Before anything else could be said, Lord President Doran got their attention. "Young ones, it is time for you all to take the test that will determine whether you will enter the Academy or not." He gestured to one of the other council members, who pushed a button, and a large gold circle appeared. "Behold, the Untempered Schism."
The center of the circle opened, revealing a glowing and swirling vortex. One by one, the fillies and foals were escorted to stand before it.
When the last filly and foal had taken their turn to stare into the Untempered Schism, they were all standing together again, physically shaken by the experience, and they looked round when Lord President Doran stepped up and spoke them them again.
"Congratulations," he said to them with a big smile. "You have all passed, look at your flanks."
The fillies and foals looked at their flanks and gasped when they saw that they had all gotten their cutie marks! Little Honor had a gold hourglass. Ruby Silver had a brown, gold, and black astrological clock. Icy Midnight had a gold pocket-watch. Iron Bubble had a blue snake eating its tail in a circle. Gravel Walker had a lit candle. Magnus had an army clock.
The next day was the cute-ceañera was held for the fillies and foals, and while they celebrated getting their cutie marks and passing the test to go into the Academy, Heroic Chaser was in his study with Night Moon and Lord President Doran, and he was currently arguing with the Lord President about the prophecy.
"Just because Little Honor has an hourglass cutie mark doesn't mean that he's the pony mentioned in the prophecy," Heroic Chaser snapped. "And there's still no proof that the prophecy will come true."
"I have studied the prophecy fully and even the Matrix agrees that your son is the one mentioned in the prophecy," Lord President Doran retorted. "Little Honor will bring about the destruction of Gallifrey unless we do something."
Heroic Chaser glared at the Lord President. "Listen to me, my son won't bring about the destruction of Gallifrey, and that prophecy won't come true."
"I hope you're right, Heroic," Lord President Doran growled and he stormed out of the office.
Night Moon watched him leave and then he looked at his friend, who was now sitting in the chair behind his desk with a weary expression on his face. "Well, that went well."
"I know, I know," Heroic Chaser grumbled. "I still don't understand why my son having a gold version of my own cutie mark would say that he's the pony from the prophecy."
"You know what Doran is like," Night Moon remarked. "He'll believe anything, even with the truth in front of him."
Heroic Chaser scoffed. "He wouldn't know the truth if it danced in front of him wearing a clown suit."
"Exactly."
Years went by and the ponies eventually graduated from the Academy, and as they settled down in their new positions, Little Honor started to notice that certain friends were starting to act different. It wasn't obvious at first, but when one of Ruby Silver's experiments got loose, it became apparent that she was loosing focus on her morality.
"Run!"
"Flee!"
"Wah!"
The Time Lords all scattered as an overgrown rat went tearing through the streets of the capitol, causing mayhem and destruction, and the guards were hard-pressed to stop the creature, but nothing they did worked. The rat smashed through the wall of the main building and into the meeting chamber of the High Council, where several members were injured, two had to regenerate, and Lord President Doran was beside himself with outrage when the overgrown rat ate a toy cat, which he'd bought at a toy store to give his granddaughter for her birthday, before it was finally stopped.
After dealing with the dead rat and the damage, it was discovered that Ruby Silver had been doing illegal experiments, and she was exiled from Gallifrey. After this happened, Iron Bubble, Gravel Walker, and Magnus also left Gallifrey by stealing TARDIS', and eventually even Little Honor, who was calling himself Dr. Whooves by that point because of his doctorate, fled Gallifrey, stealing a Type 40 TARDIS and his granddaughter Susan.
"…and even though I hid in Ponyville, some of my former friends still found me and either threatened me or tried to convince me to return to Gallifrey because of the prophecy," said Dr. Whooves sadly, staring at the distant planet. "Despite the belief of my father, the prophecy came true and I brought about the destruction of Gallifrey in order to stop the last Great Time War between my people and the Daleks."
"Wait, if Gallifrey is gone, then why are we looking at it right now?" Derpy asked, nodding to Gallifrey.
Dr. Whooves chuckled. "Ironically I found a way to save Gallifrey with the help of my past selves," he explained. "We stuffed Gallifrey into a pocket dimension, and it looks like it's back intact since this is the same location, but further in the future," he added, looking wistfully at the planet he'd once called home.
Derpy looked between the Time Lord and the planet. "Do you want to visit?" she asked.
Shaking his head no, Dr. Whooves turned to the console and pulled a lever to shut the doors. "No, the last time I saw Gallifrey, one of my former friends, who'd called himself the Master, was trying to take it over until we both figured out that Rassilon, once considered a hero, was back and was trying to destroy all of time and space, just like he did back during the Time War. As far as I know, they're both dead and gone. I have no reason to go back to Gallifrey, Ponyville is my home now."
"I'm sorry that you had to go through all of that," Derpy apologized, giving the Time Lord a hug, and glanced at a clock on the console. "Oh no!" she gasped, a panic expression etching itself across her face. "We're going to be late for the cute ceañera!"
"Great whickering stallions!" Dr. Whooves exclaimed. "I completely forgot!" He turned attention to the console, working the controls while running around frantically. "I haven't been to one since Susan and I promised myself that I would socialize more! Hang on tight!" He then yanked a lever and the TARDIS began spinning back toward Equestria. "Geronimo!"
"Weee!"
A/N: I made up the backstory for Dr. Whooves based on what is known about the Doctor from Doctor Who, theories I've come up with, and references from classic Doctor Who episode The Mark of the Rani.
Oh, and here's a link to a person who has some fun Dr. Whooves pictures:
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