Chapter Twenty-Eight (Doctor`s Point of View)

"You're Majesty?" Ditzy called from the basement door.

Rebecca answered by swinging the door quickly open and staring at us. "Oh, thank God you two are alright!" She grabbed my arm and helped me come up the steps, Ditzy joining my other side when we began to walk again. "The Queen has been waiting for an answer on your whereabouts. We heard a cracking sound."

"Yeah, that was the ceiling coming down on us," I sighed disappointedly.

"Wait, that actually happened?" Rebecca asked.

"Yeah, and the Doctor almost lost a foot," Ditzy pointed out, making me laugh.

"Do you need to see a medic?"

"I can heal myself, you know," I reminded them. I knew that I actually couldn`t unless it was during the about 15 or so hours directly after a regeneration, I just wanted an excuse not to see a medic or nurse.

Ditzy started asking questions about Dinky and Sweetie Belle, but Rebecca simply said they were okay. Doesn`t really help a worried mother, if you ask me.

"Oh, nice to see you two came out alive!" The Queen smiled, standing up.

"We`d bow, but we really can`t," I apologized.

"Wasn`t like I was going to ask you to. You have done so much I should be bowing to you!" She laughed. "Now, please, tell me, was I right?"

"Yes, you were. There were Cybermen everywhere!" Ditzy exasperatedly said.

"Calm down, Ditzy," I told her with a smirk. "People were disappearing because they were being turned into Cybermen. Ever hear screaming down there?"

"No, not at all, why," The Queen asked.

"Because it is always painful to have your brain taken out without anesthesia," I muttered. "Are you sure you didn`t hear any?"

"I spend most of my time here in the Throne Room, a floor above wherever you went. Plus, these walls are almost soundproof."

"Okay," I shrugged. "But Ditzy did mention something to me. Why did you never go down there?"

"Down where?"

"Why did you never go down into the basement to check out the noise? I mean, I understand you're the Queen, but couldn`t you have brought a troop down with you? Firearms, explosions, protection, the entire thing," Ditzy asked.

"We must never put the Queen`s life in jeopardy," Rebecca answered for her.

"Yeah, but the longer you kept them down there and sent one person at a time, the more they populated, and the more dangerous it became," I pointed out.

Rebecca and the Queen glared at me, giving me an understanding that they both knew we were right. "Show these people outside."

Rebecca rounded up the kids and Ditzy allowed me her shoulder to lean on.

"Mom," Dinky smiled towards Ditzy, "You did it!"

"Are you okay?" Sweetie Belle asked me.

"For now, no, but soon, yes," I laughed. "Oh, and will you look at that – the TARDIS is here."

The TARDIS had materialized with in front of the door, leaving a space the width of 3 feet to walk around it. I unlocked it and allowed everyone to step inside.

"Where to next, Captain," Ditzy asked jokingly.

"How about we just head back into Equestria? There won`t be any Cyberponies, will there?" I laughed.

"I hope not," Ditzy shuddered.

"SO, what happened?" Dinky asked as I started to limp around and find the right button.

"Well, your mother saved me from an impending doom, we made a room collapse, I broke my foot, we talked, and your mother killed the Cybermen." I explained with an insane grin that Ditzy tells me explains me perfectly. She also tells me sometimes when my smile isn`t mad my eyes are. Of course I tell her I don`t believe her – so she would hand me a mirror.

"Aw, you guys make the perfect team," Sweetie Belle giggled.

"I suppose we do," Ditzy smiled up at me.

"Now," I smiled back, clasping my hands together with a loud smack, "Equestria?"

We landed. "One minute, twenty-six seconds," I smiled. "New record – from Earth, at least,"

"Good job, Old Girl," Ditzy said, patting the TARDIS.

"Oi, that`s my nickname for her!" I yelled sarcastically.

"Oh, whatever," She laughed, kissing my cheek.

"You know, I was thinking, what if the girls stayed in the TARDIS overnight for their sleepover?" I asked her. "I mean, I have more room."

"What about me?" She asked with a giggle. "I mean, Sweetie Belle comes over so I can watch her, not an alien who can travel everywhere he pleases."

"Now, now, you act like you don`t trust me!" I laughed. She leaned against the controls and was careful not to push anything.

"It`s not that I don`t, it`s that I trust you will probably travel while they`re here."

"What if I put the TARDIS on lockdown?"

"Then they`d be locked in."

"Come on, please?" I kid you not; I got onto my knees and put my hooves together like I was praying.

"You`re like a little kid," She laughs, taking a double-take towards my faked desperate expression. She sighed. "Fine, alright, you got yourself a sleepover."

"Yay, guests!" I said overexcitedly, pulling her into a long hug.

"You didn't act this excited when I agreed to travel with you," She smirked.

"Now, my little Derptor, maybe not on the outside I was excited, but inside I was!" I left her to rant to herself about how cute but stupid my nickname for her was so I could tell the fillies.

"No fair, you jumped over the bed!" Dinky sighed exasperatedly.

"I`m being completely fair, you`re just unable to keep up with me – OOF," She ran straight into me, almost knocking me over. Luckily I stood my ground, however my broken foot – wait, now it`s a hoof – didn`t quite agree that it should have happened. I gritted my teeth through the pain while Dinky caught up with her and tapped her shoulder.

"You`re it, Sweetie Bell," She happily announced, trotting off.

"Dinky, I`ll need you too!" I forced a laugh.

She groaned and walked back to me. "What is it?"

"Pick a bedroom!" I smiled weakly. The pain had gone away but it still wasn`t completely gone.

"Wait, what?" Sweetie Belle asked, getting up from sitting on the floor.

"You`re staying the night in the TARDIS," I said, causing an awkward silence to fall between us. I heard Ditzy snicker from the main control room.

Sweetie Belle and Dinky looked at each other, but their confused expressions quickly turned into smiles. "Yay, let`s go!" They both laughed, continuing their game of tag.

Ditzy flew over to me. "You sure you`re alright...?"

"What makes you think I`m not?"

"The fact that you`ve not asked me where I`ll stay!" She giggled.

My face flushed.

"No, not like that," She stammered, a blush growing rapidly on her cheeks. "I meant like my own bedroom!"

"Okay, good," I exhaled in relief. "You scared me for a second!"

"I see that," She said, awkwardly moving her hoof across the ground in a slow manner. "Don`t you want to go to a hospital?"

"Huh?"

"Y-y-your, um, your hoof, it`s obviously in need of a repair. We could probably get a cast on it and a pair of crutches..."

"Dear, do I look like I need it?" She eyes me suspiciously. "Okay, I meant normally, not right after Sweetie Belle tackles me. Plus, I`d battle with a sonic screwdriver rather than a crutch..." I grumbled.

"Oh yeah, your sonic screwdriver got collapsed on. You can borrow mine-"

"No," I put up my hoof, stopping her. "If I could make you yours, I can make me my own."

"You`re so selfless it`s scary," She smiled, stepping closer to me.

"Hey, how do you think I`ve survived this long and only had about three companions for each regeneration?" I laughed.

"Only three...? You sorry sap," She shook her head.

River`s face flashed into my mind but I quickly pushed it out, only focusing on Ditzy. "What do you wanna do now?"

"I wanna get that hoof fixed," She laughed nervously.

"Nah," I smiled.