private Partners in Time (Dr.Who/MLP crossover 1x1x1)

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"You sure?" she asked even when he'd shaken his head. She just wanted to make sure in case. Like she had said; guests could sometimes be too polite.

 

The stallion changed the subject however, and asked about Carrot's behavior from before. "Oh that? Pshh, that was nothing. She just likes to irritate me sometimes. We're sorta like sisters since we pretty much grew up together after I moved from Cloudsdale as a filly with my family." Derpy didn't go into more detail about it, but Carrot was the first pony Derpy had met as a filly that hadn't made fun of her eyes and clumsy hooves.

 

The microwave beeped soon after, and Derpy pulled the muffins out wit the plate between her teeth. Waling over with purposely careful footsteps, she set it down on the kitchen table beside the stallion. The muffins were steaming, but they were cool enough to just bite into.

[Delernil 952]

'Ah...childhood friends...that always goes well...' The Doctor said to himself only slightly sarcastically. He grabbed one of the muffins...or more like squeezed his hooves around it...and bit into them. Handling them felt very awkward and clumsy especially since they're were so soft. He had to keep his hooves toga there around it, and even then he felt it was about to slip. They were actually really good! He hadn't had a muffin in a very, very long time. Then again, he hadn't had a companion to make them! He smiled and bit into it again. 'You know...getting stuck here is worth it for these muffins. At least I have these to remind me of my companions.' He said with a smile. 'Yes, very nostalgic.'

Edited June 8, 2014 by Delernil

[MidnightFire1222 2,276]

((How's he holding the muffin?))

 

Derpy's face tinged a very light pink at the compliment, even if it sounded a little off-kilter. "Well, nopony who's ever tasted my muffins has ever had bad things to say about them," she replied, "So thanks! ...I think? Yeah, I do think so!" It took a long time for her to make them just right. it was a family recipe she had learned from her mother. She never told anypony what she did to make them taste so good, but she would share them with as many ponies as she was able to.

[Delernil 952]

(I'm so used to writing for Traveller D:)

 

'I can tend to get a bit rude...unfortunately my companions usually correct me, and I don't have one here, so excuse me when I start insulting things. Because I have no idea how I do it without realizing.' The Doctor said as he placed the muffin down. It fell the last inch or so. 'These hooves are...very awkward to say the least. I mean seriously, how do you pick things up using these? They seem so hard to use...' He asked as he looked down at his hooves and moved them around a bit. 'On top of that, how do you carry things around like coins? Do you even where clothes here?' He said as he checked himself out.

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Derpy felt like face-hoofing when he went back to the pick-up with hooves thing again, and she did it too, dragging it down her face, not to mention when he asked about clothes and how they carried money. "I told you already how. Ponies use their mouths sometimes like I did with the plate, or slip a hoof around a handle, or just...pick something up. It's not that hard. And of course ponies wear clothes. At least some do. Some are for fancy events like the Grand galloping gala, and some ponies just dress up everyday." She exhaled a small sigh as she went to heat up a single muffin for herself. "We use bags to carry bits, or small satchels. That's kind of a silly question."

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor still fiddled with his hooves. 'What, you don't have, like...pockets? I mean, Timelords and humans and stuff don't have pockets built in but it just seems silly so carry around a huge bag with a few coins...' He said as he stopped playing with his hooves. 'Anyway, I suppose I'll learn with time. It's just so much different where I'm from.' He added, standing up. He was starting to get the walking part down but he still for the life of him couldn't figure out how they picked things up! They were these flat things! How do you pick something up with them?!

 

'Well, I suppose I should arrange where I'm sleeping. I don't know if you have any place, so I could always walk back and stay in the TARDIS, but I wouldn't refuse a bed for the night.' The brown stallion said as he looked over to his sonic screwdriver. That raise another big question: he could see ponies handling cube shaped objects, but what about cylinders and spheres?

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"You expect me to have a pouch on me? I'm not a kangaroo or a koala Doctor." What a silly thing to ask, and what was he complaining about anyway? He had that coat of his to cay things in the pockets with. "Um, you can sleep on the pull-out bed if you like. I've got extra blankets and pillows," she offered. it would still be several hours before sunset however; school hadn't even been let out yet. Speaking of which she would probably need to mention Dinky soon, though part of her wanted to drag her hooves.

 

She was left with many questions of her own though, like what in the world he was talking about. "Um, Doctor, what's a human and a time lord?"

[Delernil 952]

'Oh yes...I just like to plan ahead.' The Doctor mumbled before looking out the window. 'Oh, Timelords and human and that. It's not really important. Just...some things.' He said, looking out the window. He felt...sad. He genuinely missed his companions. He had many. Maybe 10, yet he still missed each one. He had lived 10 different lives all doing the same job. Sighing, he turned back to face the door. There were always going to be goodbyes, but there was no point in dwelling on it.

 

'Well, I suppose we better do something to fill in time. I could always lend a hand if you need one.' He suggested with a smile. 'Grocerys, cooking...the likes.'

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Derpy scratched her head. Was there anything that needed to be done around the house? The fridge was obviously full so she didn't need to go shopping, and she could handle cooking dinner on her own. She'd suggest maybe going to help Carrot Top, but that mare was very picky about her carrot garden. Derpy did need to do some dusting, but it was easier for her to get to the higher places due to being able to fly, not to mention he probably wouldn't know how to hold it.

 

Finally, she spoke. "Well, there is one thing I can use help with, and I probably should've mentioned this earlier but---" Derpy however was interrupted by a small voice calling "Mama! I'm home!" front the front door. A little filly with the same blonde mane and tail and same golden eye color as Derpy but a coat that had a more bluish tint to it than Derpy soon entered the kitchen, but instead of having wings, she had a tiny horn poking out of her forehead through her mane.

 

The tiny filly paused in the archway that led into the kitchen, blinking when she saw the unfamiliar stallion there. "Mama? Who's your friend?" she asked. Derpy managed a sheepish smile toward him before walking over to her little filly and lowering her head to nuzzle her. "This is the Doctor, muffin," she replied. The pegasus then stood up to turn toward the stallion standing beside her daughter so he could see. "Doctor? This is my daughter, Dinky Hooves."

Edited June 8, 2014 by MidnightFire1222

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor smiled and nodded. 'So there is a third pony living here. Anyway, nice to meet you, Dinky.' 

 

The Doctor then realized something. There wasnt a father and Derpy hadnt said anything about having a husband. Carrot Top also seemed to keep an eye on him. He suspected there werent alot of males passing through this house.

 

So it wasnt a perfect world.

 

It had all the things others had. Drama. Heartbreak. Goodbyes. Equestria seemed alot more alive and real suddenly. He shook his head as he realized he had completely blanked out for a moment.

 

'Sorry. Now, what was it you needed me to do?' he asked, still a bit unfocused.

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Derpy had never said there wasn't a third pony living here; she'd just said she'd never mentioned one. 

 

At any rate, the tiny filly smiled as the stallion greeted her. "Hi Mister! Are you Mama's new coltfriend?" she asked. Derpy immediately turned to her daughter, resting a hoof on her shoulder. "No sweetie, he's not. Mama just met him; we're only regular friends." She wished Dinky wouldn't do this every time Derpy had a stallion in the house with her, not that many ever came by. She did it once with Carrot's coltfriend, but after learning the truth she never asked again.

 

The Doctor then drew Derpy's attention again by asking what it was she needed him to do. Her eyes snapped to him. "Huh? Oh, right. Is there any chance you can help her with her homework? Specifically any math or science. She always does her homework as soon as she gets home from school, and I need to get some chores done that are easiest for a pegasus to just do and Carrot's too busy with her garden right now."

Edited June 9, 2014 by MidnightFire1222

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor thought those words over. Coltfriend. The pony equivalent of boyfriend. It seemed an odd word. Does it even count as a word? Probably not on Earth-well, the Earth he knew. The Earth with...

 

Nevermind that. He still thought the words 'coltfriend' sounded bulky and odd, but so did everything right now. He heard Derpy mention science homework.

 

'Ah, science! Love science...nice...very useful it is...' he said absentmindedly. 'Oh but sure, ill help. If i can learn how these things work...' he added, looking down at his hooves.

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Dinky tilted her head to the side at the Doctor's behavior. "You're a weird pony," she commented, "But that's okay! I like things that are different!~" The little filly walked up and wrapped a hoof one of the stallion's and pulled on it a s a child he knew of might pull on a mother's hand to get them to follow. "C'mon! I'll show you my room! I got a big desk and everything!" 

 

She led the stallion off through the living room and down a small hallway. The one ajar door led into her room where the filly switched on a lamp that brightened the room instantly. The walled were a bright ocean blue. There was a bed pushed up against the wall in the corner with a spread depicting the Wonderbolts and a stuffed red dragon plush atop the pillow. There was an end table beside the bed, upon which was the lamp Dinky had turned on and a picture of her and her mother. The walls were covered in all manner of pictures Dinky had drawn or painted in some way. There was an easel in the corner with a stool in front of it and a paint-smeared smock draped over it. All manner of paint bottles and paint brushes were stored upon the bottom shelf of a nearby bookcase built into the wall. Other shelves had many different kinds of books, some more framed photos that included Carrot Top and a grey unicorn stallion with green eyes, a dark mane and tail, and an unrolled scroll of parchment for a cutie mark; Carrot's coltfriend Written Script. 

 

The desk, which was beside the end table, was littered with all manner of markers, crayons, and colored pencils - all of which Dinky shoved into a drawer so she could pull out her school books and lay them atop the desk. "Can we start with the math stuff first Mr. Doctor? I just wanna get it done and over with. It's multiplication and division. I don't like math very much..." She wasn't good at it so why would she like it?

Edited June 10, 2014 by MidnightFire1222

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor stumbled for a moment as he was pulled along. He barely had control of his hooves on his own, being suddenly made to use them want the best action. He smiled as he was pulled along. 'So i see this place isnt different from Earth...random people pull you about to show you their items...' he whispered under his breath as they moved into her room.\

 

Looking into it, he smiled warmly. Then he frowned. It had at first reminded him of...home, or the Tyler's house...best not to think about them...but then he remembered an incident. Pictures had come alive. People vanished. He carried the Olympic Torch. It was a nice room though, couldnt argue with that. He moved over to the desk next to Dinky.\

 

She looked as organized as he was. If only she had seen the TARDIS control panel! Wires, switches, levers, everything just thrown all over...ah yes, the homework.

 

'Ah...math...a subject that ive never payed much attention too, it made too much sense...no fun in making sense. Anyway, i can still help.' he answered with a happy smile.

[MidnightFire1222 2,276]

The Doctor was a strange pony. Dinky only herd bits and pieces of what he had mumbled along the way, but her mother had taught her not to question the things adults do unless it was something to be concerned over. At least he said he'd help her with her math homework. The way he spoke about it the Doctor made it sound like math was really easy for him, which was lucky for the little filly. 

 

Dinky sat pulled out the worksheet she was supposed to do that had many different division and multiplication problems on it. They would be easy for most adults but  to an elementary school filly it wasn't making much sense. "I don't get how to do any of it. Can you show me how?" she asked.

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor smiled and looked over the math page. It seemed simple enough. He wasn't a math person himself though he was good at it. Then he came to the next hurdle. Holding a pencil in his hooves.

 

yes, Derpy had explained it but how were you supposed to hold something like a pencil?! Sure, you could use your mouth, but that had to cause problems somewhere along the line. Like...neck pain or something. Realizing he was again getting lost in the oddities of Equestria vs Earth, he looked back at the math in the desk.

 

'Well, this shouldnt be hard. Multiplication is like adding, but adding them together a certain number of times. Say we have twelve times three. We just add 12+12+12, and there's our answer. You could do it reverse, but doing the larger number by the smaller number is easier.' he explained. He wasn't the math person as he found it boring or tedious but he wouldn't turn down teaching. It was nearly as fun as learning. Nearly.

 

'So go ahead and try the first problem like this.'

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Dinky hadn't considered it in such a way. Miss Cheerilee hadn't explained it in a way that the little unicorn could understand, or at the very least in a way that hadn't put Dinky nearly to sleep. Cheerilee was a great teacher overall, but she never had much enthusiasm teaching math herself.

 

Whatever the case, Dinky looked at the first problem the Doctor explained to her. "So like this?" she asked. She took the pencil in her mouth, writing 12+12+12 out in the space below. "So 2+2+2 is 6, and 1+1+1 is 3, so...12x3 is 36?" She asked, looking to the stallion after setting the pencil down. He gave her a nod and it became much easier for the filly to do the other multiplication problems. The division came after, and the Doctor explained it in a way Dinky seemed to understand.

 

Finally the worksheet was all finished and Dinky smiled. "Thank you Mr. Doctor. I got some English and history homework to do too, but I can do those on my own. I like those subjects!~"

 

Out in the kicthen and living room, Derpy had been doing some dusting that had desperately needed to be done and was sweeping up some dirt left on the floor from Carrot coming in and out a couple times to get a drink and then get another muffin from the three that had been left. "I wish she'd at lease stomp her hooves off," Derpy muttered with a sigh and a smile. She couldn't stay mad at her best friend; not after everything Carrot had done for her.

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor watched her write. So they must write like that. It seemed too exhausting if you were doing it for long periods of time though. Wonder how they coped with that. After explaining the other problems and hearing Dinky say she could finish the other subjects on her own he snuck downstairs.

 

'Hello Derpy. I helped Dinky, she's upstairs finishing her work.' he said as he moved into the room. He noticed the other pony there. Derpys roommate from earlier!

 

'Hello...Carrot Top, if I'm correct. Anyway, I'm the Doctor. Nice to meet you.' he said with a smile. He debated trying to shake, well, hooves, but decided he probably couldn't stay up in three hooves when he was just starting to get used to four.

[MidnightFire1222 2,276]

Two mares looked to the stallion when he came back down the hall and into the kitchen. He greeted Derpy first to report that Dinky was finishing up her schoolwork before he introduced himself to the earth pony mare.

 

She returned the smile. "Well, it's very nice to meetcha Doctor!" she replied brightly, "Is that all there is to your name, if you don't mind me asking? Where are you from anyway? Derpy's told me that you sort of just fell out of the sky in a blue box. Can't say i really believe that unless some unicorn magic went awry and just happened to drop you right in the middle of a random pony's path, who just happened to be Derpy."

[Delernil 952]

The Doctor thought for a moment. It was a decent story. Unicorn practicing magic and messes up. The Doctor gets caught up in the problem. And there he was, in a place he had never seen before with no memory of what happened.

 

'Well...I...I cant remember, actually.'

 

Even better! Derpy already knew he "forgot" everything, so what better time to use it than to cover up where he actually came from? 'I just sort of woke up in a box and got out. I have never been here before now...I dont think...I dont know.' he added, hoping they wouldnt try too hard to uncover his origin. That brought up another thought. Did he have two hearts still? If so then it was normal he felt, well, normal...but if not, why wasnt he feeling pain or discomfort? 'I guess i still have the two...' he thought to himself

Edited June 13, 2014 by Delernil

[MidnightFire1222 2,276]

Carrot put a hoof to her chin in thought. "Amnesia huh, or something," she said, "Maybe we should take you to the hospital? You might feel fine now, but you could have a bad concussion or something and not know it." Derpy smiled to her friend and put a hoof on her shoulder. "Don't bother. I already suggested that. He didn't go for it."

 

Carrot Top sighed. "Well, I suppose we could just wait through the night and see?" the earth pony mare suggested, "If it gets worse I can always head over to the hospital and bring Nurse Redheart over."

[Syannax the Changeling 101]

The Doctor ponders over the thought, thinking its silly at the moment as Carrot Top suggests this Nurse Redheart to check on him. He then realizes how brilliant that sounds and looks at Carrot Top "Alrighty then, lets go to the hospital to check to see if i have a concussion" The Doctor tells both Derpy and Carrot Top. Knowing this is one way to clear any worries the two will have about my well being, as well as this making the amnesia story work out.

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Carrot shook her head. "Let Derpy take you. She knows the fastest way to the hospital. I'll stay here with Dinky," she replied.

 

The grey pegasus took a step forward to look at the stallion with her good eye. "Well, c'mon Doctor, I'll show you the way." Derpy would  honestly feel better herself knowing that he was alright. She walked to the door, holding it open for him before she would lead the way.

[Syannax the Changeling 101]

"Thank you. I suppose I will be seeing you both in a bit," the Doctor replies to Carrot Top, then turns and heads to the door where Derpy is at, "Thank you Derpy, lead the way." The Doctor held the door open for her, showing his manners, then starts to follow Derpy over to the hospital for his exam.

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"Oh, thank you Doctor," Derpy said. She wasn't used to other ponies holding doors open for her.

 

In any case, they were outside now. She would lead him to the hospital. "C'mon, it's a little bit of a ways from here, but I'll show you the quickest way." So they were off across the field and toward Ponyville. Derpy led the way down the streets, finally coming to the hospital where yet again he held the door open for her. They walked up to the receptionist's desk and the pony sitting there looked at them.

 

"Hello Miss Hooves. Having trouble again are we?" the receptionist asked. Derpy flushed pink when snickering was heard from the few ponies in the waiting area. "It's not for me or Dinky..." she muttered, "It's for my friend here. I think he might've hit his head, and I'm worried he might had a concussion. His name is Doctor...Doctor..." She paused and looked to the stallion. "Who did you say you were again?" The receptionist ended up talking to another pony and was only half paying attention to the name. "Doctor Whooves?" she asked, "Well alright. Please have a seat until you're called please."

 

Derpy blinked in confusion as the receptionist went to find Nurse Redheart. "Um...what just happened?"