Chapter Five: The Assistant`s Child (Doctor`s Point of View)

Their house was beautiful, a rather simple but satisfying mix of green couches, a fireplace, a TV that constantly had the same channel on, wooden floors, beige walls, and some family portraits.

"So, Dinky, what`s up?" I asked with a laugh.

"I don`t know," She shrugged, "Pegasi? The sky, clouds, stars, the moon...?"

"Um... correct?" I murmured.

"Yay, I got it right!" She cheered. "Doctor, why do you have that on?"

"Oh my, I forgot I was wearing this!" I laughed slightly about how I hadn`t felt my long brown coat against my back. It was obviously too large for me, but I told myself just then it seemed like it would be nice to buy one that would fit me for the amount of time I will be here.

"It`s boring playing," She sighed. "Do you have any toys?"

"Well, not really. (I gasped), except for this!" I grabbed the sonic screwdriver out of my pocket and (although it took some getting used to) held it within my hooves.

"What is that?" Dinky asked me.

"Watch and learn, little one." I used my other hoof to press the button and the toys came to life, walking around and doing whatever they were allowed to do.

Dinky gasped. "Mommy, look!" She screeched.

"What is the big id—huh?!" Ditzy said as she walked in from the kitchen. "How did you, what the, why...?"

"Screwdriver, if you must know."

"I have a screwdriver too, and it doesn`t do that!"

"This one is sonic. It`s a sonic screwdriver, Ditzy."

"I... What else can it do?"

"Anything you could imagine!" I smiled enthusiastically. "I actually took out a few Daleks before the TARDIS went all crazy on me, and then dropped me off here."

"And what are Daleks?" Dinky asked.

"A force that is not meant to be reckoned with no matter how crazy you are," I explained.

"What`s so bad about these... Daleks...?" Ditzy asked.

"They look like robots, well, they ARE robots. Their main purpose is to 'exterminate' me for revenge!" I laughed nervously.

"Well then why do YOU try to fight them?" Dinky wondered out loud.

"I`m a madman, Dinky... It`s what I do." I smirked.

"But you could die! Why would you risk that?"

"To finish the job I started thousands of years ago, to save everyone else from suffering what I had to go through."

"And that would include...?" Ditzy was noticeably getting more nervous, but she was also eager to hear what I had to say.

I chose my words carefully, trying not to slip up. "Suffering in general," I finally decided on. "I have a long history with them."

I pressed the button on my screwdriver and the toys stopped. "Mommy, I think I am going to go into my room and play with my toys," Dinky said after a lengthy silence. "Call me when dinner`s ready." And she disappeared upstairs.

"Why was she rude to you?" I asked Ditzy almost immediately.

(Listen to "Diary of Jane: Breaking Benjamin)

She sighed and sat down next to me. "I don`t know, Doctor, I really don`t know. Once I broke Town Hall, I think something happened to her in school. She always blames me for things I didn`t mean to do."

"Like what?"

"Town Hall – I accidentally broke it, like I said earlier. I`m also bad at things in general, and that starts up those other mean fillies and colts in her school. They think she is going to grow up like me." She explained.

"And why would that be bad?"

"You don`t understand, Doctor. Because of my eyes I can`t do anything like the other ponies," She weakly smiled at me before looking away.

"You know, Ditzy, I think you`re better with your eyes like that."

"R-r-really, you mean it?" She stammered.

"Of course I do," I smiled, meeting her gaze. "They`re actually really, really beautiful – you wouldn`t be the same without your eyes, and it is better to be unique. Trust me, I know," I said, making her giggle.

"You are a very nice pony," She said, obviously trying to not blush at my comment.

"It`s the truth. Other ponies need to open their eyes, though. They`d say the same thing," I said honestly.

"You know, I think-" Ditzy shook her head at the beeping oven and excused herself to go get it.

(Now listen to "Savior: Rise Against")

I smiled as I watched her leave the living room and enter the kitchen. My thoughts wandered over to Dinky, so I quietly walked up the steps and knocked on her door.

"What do you want?" She asked me when I entered her pink bedroom. White shelves lined her room with assorted stuffed animals on every one, different species on each. She sat on her white carpeted floor and I joined her, trying not to stare at the toy that looked oddly like Princess Celestia.

"Is there anything you`d like to talk about?" I asked her carefully.

She looked up after a few moments and stared at my eyes. "You wouldn`t understand."

"Actually, I would understand. I`ve lived for over 9,000 years, and with multiple lives I have seen it ALL." I smiled, grabbing one of her Unicorn toys and making it move across the floor.

"Well... don`t tell mommy, alright?"

"Cross my hearts."

"The fillies at school are really mean to me." She said with her voice quiet and hesitant.

"Why do you think?"

"Mommy, duh," She whimpered.

"Why is it your mother`s fault?" I asked her, my voice suspicious.

"They all think she is stupid, and because she`s my mommy, I am stupid too."

"Why is she stupid?"

"Her eyes," She sighed exasperatedly.

"Is that why she doesn`t have many friends?" I asked her.

"Yeah, everypony says she`s a mistake. I`m starting to think they are right. I mean, she can`t do ANYTHING! But I also feel bad for her... I just don`t know how to feel." I could feel she was about to cry so I held her hoof in mine.

"They aren`t going to stop until you set them straight. They wouldn`t say anything if they actually knew her well enough, like you do. And she isn`t a mistake, alright, she is just different, and it is perfectly fine to be different."

"But what do I say to make them stop?" She asked me, silent tears starting to drip down her face.

"Tell them how they are wrong. Tell them... tell them how she REALLY is and how she really acts."

"Are you sure that will work?"

"It might, or it might not. Whatever happens, tell me next time, alright?" I smiled at her and got up, leaving her to settle down and play with her toys.

Author`s Note:

Well, happy Friday then! I want to do something where if it is Friday I will upload two chapters at once. Tell me what you think about it?

Tell me what you think of this story so far, and how the chapters was...? See you in the next chapter.

Oh! Almost forgot. Brohooves all around! - /) /) /) /)

- GothicPegasister