"So, Midnight, now that you're back, where do you want to go?" The Doctor and Midnight star were in the console room of the TARDIS roughly a day after she had rejoined the group. His goofy grin waited for an answer. They had been so many places, so many time periods, it was hard to know where to go next.

"hmm... well Doctor, we should go somewhere special, somewhere amazing,"

"Well yes, but there are hundreds of places like that. Come on, be more specific!" She giggled at his excitement, Midnight had forgotten how contagious his energy was.

"I know. Doctor, let me take you somewhere you've never been," he paused from his switch-flipping and button-pressing to think, his face scrunched up.

"But where... oh, you mean..."

"Doctor! The blender in the kitchen is broken again! I told you not to put the entire pineapple..." Ditzy paused when she saw the Doctor bouncing like an excited foal around the console. "Did I miss something?"

"Derpy! We're going to the moon!"

"Whoa! Derpy, hit the gyrostabilizer, Midnight, the red switch thingy without a name," The TARDIS shook violently as the three ponies rushed around, hitting buttons and lever of all sizes and colors. It was about ten minutes before the room stilled. "Well, that should do it!" they rushed to the blue doors and pushed them open. "Welcome to the moon!" They stared out at the vast whiteness around them. It was a moment before the Doctor spoke again. "Midnight, are you sure we can breath out there without the TARDIS?"

"Of course, the air is a little different from Equestria but it is close enough,"

"Well in that case, Allons-y!" he leapt towards the chalky surface, bounding upward in the decreased gravity.

"Hey, Doctor, wait for us!" called Ditzy playfully, hurrying after him. Midnight smiled happily and, closing the doors securely behind her, trotted carefully behind her friends. having much more practice than they did, Midnight trotted almost normally across the craters, only leaping over the steeper slopes, while Ditzy and the Doctor, despite his many years of space travel, bounded clumsily around in the air following Midnight towards her secret.

"Come on, where are we going?"

"Can't you tell us?" the alicorn leapt ahead then stopped abruptly, turning.

"I am about to show you, it's just over this ridge," She galloped to the top of a particularly large crater with steep sides and waited for the others to stumble after her. When they had caught up she moved out of their view. "Welcome, the the Lunar Republic," they stood in awe.

Below the ponies in the large crater was an entire city! towering buildings glowed with light, silvery trees with iridescent leaves sparkled and ponies roamed the streets. It was a real city. On the Moon. They could have stared at it for hours before even entering the crater. The key words being could have. As it was, Ditzy leaned in too far and, caught by surprise fell. Slowly. Less gravity means you fall slower, and Ditzy was just kind of drifting down with her friends following after. The stunned silence broke into a fit of giggles at the bottom and lasted until a pony noticed them.

Lunar ponies are different from Equestrian ponies. There are three main types of ponies on the moon, moon ponies, bat ponies, and Unicorns. Moon ponies are wingless and hornless, as well as having the two traits of all lunar ponies, being slightly thinner than Equestrian ponies and having long, tufted ears. Their biggest difference, however, is their tails which resemble those of griffins. Bat ponies, named for their bat-like wings, are the equivalent of Equestrias pegasi. They have normal manes and tails, although maybe silkier, and have slitted, dragon like eyes. Unicorns of the moon resemble the moon ponies but have slightly curved horns.

The purple moon pony who had spotted them was still, watching, but when they noticed her she shied away.

"Lightway! It's me, Midnight!" the ponys ears flicked.

"Midnight?" came the tinkling voice. then the pony rushed forward. "Midnight! It's been so long! Have you been to see Illuma yet?"

"Nope, we just got here!"

"Is this the Doctor and Ditzy?"

"Yeah, Doctor, Ditzy, This is Lightway, Lightway, Ditzy and the Doctor"

"It's an honor,"

"Same here, I've never met a lunar pony before,"

"I didn't know there were lunar ponies before," they smiled.

"Illuma will want to see you before you do anything else,"

"Of course, lead the way," Lightway headed the parade to a gleaming castle on the opposite side of the crater. "So, how have you been?"

"I have been well since you last visited,"

"And Luna?" there was a pause before the tentative answer came.

"We, have not heard from the princess for a while now, she has been very busy on your planet," The Doctor broke in.

"Princess Luna knows about the Lunar ponies?"

"Well duh, she is the princess of the Moon! She founded the Lunar Republic,"

"Oh, right, of course, silly Doctor! but of course, that means that she rules over two planets! Does Celestia know about this?"

"Who?"

"Celestia is Lunas sister, Lightway, remember?"

"Yes, of course. No, I do not think that she knows of us. We're here," the four ponies stood before a large, shining building surrounded by the silver trees. The interior was even more magnificent than the outside. The lustrous walls were trimmed in opals, moonstone, and Lapis Lazuli and the high arcs of the hallways were flawlessly built. There was no door across the entrance to the throne room, but rather a sparkling curtain that appeared as if made from spider silk. It was brushed aside by an armored bat pony to reveal a tall moon pony with a platinum mane and powder blue fur. Lightway and Midnight bowed right away, followed shortly by the Doctor and Ditzy. When they rose the pony spoke.

"Welcome Midnight Star, It is good to see you again,"

"And you, Illuma. May I ask, How long have I been away exactly?" the laugh carried like music across the room.

"We have not seen you in over a year,"

"And Luna?"

"Over two,"

"That long?"

"Yes, that long," she sighed.

"Hello! Doctor here! I am really impressed by this city, I mean how long did it take you to make it? I've never even seen this material, or the trees for that matter and..."

"Doctor!" Ditzy interjected as the others stared. "Maybe we should go outside,"

"No, it's..." the ground shook, accompanying a loud, although brief, sound.

"What was that?" the grey pegasus cried.

"I don't know, let's go find out!" the two raced out of the chamber and Midnight rushed to the window.

"Illuma, what is todays date?"

"Doctor, wait up!" the out of breath alicorn raced up to the brown stallion.

"Come on Midnight, I didn't think there were earthquakes on the moon!"

"There aren't," she gasped.

"Right! And if there aren't earthquakes than something must have hit the moons surface!" He rushed on towards the edge of town, followed by his two companions.

"Doctor, I already know who it is!"

"Come on, how could you possibly... did you say 'who'?" the had reached the craters wall and he paused, just as Midnight leapt towards the top, utilizing the lesser gravity of the moon. when he joined her, he saw a crater. In the crater were two ponies and Ditzy, wondering what she she should do. The first pony was Midnight who was comforting the second, a sobbing Luna.