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Night Time Ch. 1

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Night Time
Written by Closer-To-The-Sun (Joseph Noblit)
Chapter 1: Fly Me To The Moon

The TARDIS was floating in the vacuum of space. The door to the time machine was open, through which a small lilac unicorn with a messy blonde mane stared out into the vastness of the space. Her eyes lit up as she viewed the planets, stars, asteroids and other wonders of the universe.

The filly's mother looked at her from afar before turning to speak with the Doctor, who was admiring himself in the mirror with a red fez on his head, "Do you think Dinky will be okay? I'm worried that she might fall out."

The Doctor, who was styling his mane with his hooves to make it look good with the fez, turned to see Dinky's wonderment with the celestial bodies, "She's perfectly fine. The TARDIS is giving artificial gravity and atmosphere, so she won't be in danger whatsoever."

Derpy still wasn't convinced, "I don't know…."

"How do I look?" the Doctor changed the subject, showing off the fez on his head to the grey pegasus.

The blonde mare could not help but giggle, "You look silly, Doctor!"

"Excellent! That was exactly what I was going for!" the Doctor leapt from his stance next to his companion up to the console, "Now then, Dinky, close the door. Derpy, pick a number between one and one billion!" The stallion began fiddling with the instruments on the console itself.

"Huh?" Derpy was caught off guard, "Uhh….nine thousand eight hundred forty?" she picked a few random numbers and lined them up. Her left eye drifted slightly to the side as she spoke.

"Perfect! Now divide it by five and with a little Time Lord magic," the Doctor pulled a lever and the TARDIS shook violently as the engine came to life, sending the ponies across time and space itself. The three held on to the railings, used to the rocky form of traveling in the time machine.

As the TARDIS came to a rest, the Doctor looked up at his monitor with a satisfied expression, "Close enough for me. Derpy, Dinky, I'd like to be the first to welcome you to the Earth's moon!"

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Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the moon, there was another blue phone box. Inside of this box were two humanoid figures.

"Are you sure about the location this time, Doctor?" the brunette female human asked. She wore tan clothing, most likely made of animal hide and had a blade on her belt that seemed to have seen combat recently.

The other humanoid figure looked up from the console and with a gentle smile, "Come now, Leela, surely the TARDIS wouldn't lead us astray for the fourth time in a row." He straightened his jacket and adjusted his lengthy scarf that wrapped around him multiple times. "Now then, shall we go out to gather those moon rocks for you to examine?"

"Yes," Leela replied to the Time Lord.

Before the two could move, a small machine drew near to them. The metal machine, in a shape resembling a dog, spoke aloud, "Master, may I please accompany both you and the Mistress out on to the surface of the Earth satellite?"

"No, K9. You need to say here at the TARDIS in the event we need assistance," the Doctor bent down eye level of the metal dog.

"But Master, the odds of such an event occurring in which my assistance will be needed from the TARDIS is very unlikely," K9 stated, his satellite ears moving.

"That's the point, you tin dog. We don't plan to be long here to begin with. The only reason it's taken us so long to get here is because of the TARDIS keeps going to the wrong place," Leela scolded K9.

"Please, Master. I promise that I will be a good dog," K9 begged.

Patting his robot on the muzzle, he stood up and spoke, "I'm afraid Leela is right. We don't want to take longer than we need to here. I promise we won't tarry long."

The Time Lord and the human exited the TARDIS, leaving the metal dog alone in the console room. While crestfallen, K9 did not move or show any emotion on the outside. The only movement was his tail and the satellite ears.

A few minutes passed for the robot before his ears froze in place, "Danger! Threat level is high for the Master and the Mistress! I must venture out and warn them of the danger!" Rolling to the door, K9 pushed the TARDIS door open, and out to the surface of the Earth's moon.

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Elsewhere, Derpy and Dinky stepped carefully out of the TARDIS onto the moon's dusty surface. Behind them, the brown stallion smiled as he watched them slowly adjust to the new surroundings. The landscape was lit up by the distant sun, which also lit up a nearby blue planet.

"Doctor, where are we? It looks like night time, but it's not," Derpy asked, finally feeling comfortable standing on the lunar surface.

"We are on the Earth's moon! About the nineteen-sixties. And while I can't say you are the first beings on the surface, I can reassure you that you are the first ponies!" the Doctor happily explained, "Also, the gravity here is about one-sixth to what you are used to in Equestria. That's due to the lack of atmosphere."

The last statement got Dinky's attention, "No atmosphere?"

"Oh, don't worry, little Dinky! My TARDIS created a safe bubble of atmosphere for us to explore in. Quite a large one, at that. It's similar to the bubble I made for you when you were looking out the door earlier. Smashing, is it not?" the Doctor seemed happy to brag about his machine, "Go ahead and give a little hop!"

Dinky hopped up and the little filly floated high above the surface before returning. With a thrilled expression, he hopped around a few more times, trying to go higher each time.

The Doctor smiled, "That's the spirit, Dinky! Soar high!" Seeing the unicorn filly having fun gave the brown stallion a youthful kick as he jumped up. "Come along, Derpy, let's bounce!"

A little hesitant at first, but the grey pegasus seemed to change her attitude quickly as she bounced with the others. "Wait for me!" she called out as she bounced after the Doctor and her daughter. The Doctor waited for Derpy to catch up and then suggested they hurry to catch the filly, as she was covering a lot more ground then they were.

After a few minutes, Dinky stopped, turned back and called out, "Mr. Doctor! I found something!"

Bouncing to where the purple unicorn was, the Doctor noticed a metal being in front of her. He recognized the shape and make of the machine before her, "Is that who I think it is?!"

"Greetings, Master," the machine spoke.
Chapter 1: You are here : Fly Me To The Moon
Chapter 2: [link] : Burden In My Hand
Chapter 3: [link] : Run
Chapter 4: [link] : Don't Follow

Here we are. The long awaited end of the Doctor and Derpy Adventures (or is it?). I hope I can make this good. I admit, I'm a bit rusty right now, so cut me some slack? Please? If you happen to be confused of anything that doesn't seem pony, click here and search it to get in the know.

Title: Night Time
Chapter 1: Fly Me To The Moon
Premise: The Doctor, Derpy, and Dinky travel to the Earth's moon. But it seems someone else is there, someone that the Doctor knows.


The title for this short story is taken from the song "Night Time" by The xx, from the album 'xx'.
The name of this chapter is taken from the song "Fly Me To The Moon" by Bart Howard. Most notably covered by Frank Sinatra from the album 'It Might As Well Be Swing'.
The Doctor and all related names, characters, etc. belong to Doctor Who (c) BBC
All characters belong to My Little Pony (c) Hasbro
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made for television by Lauren Faust :iconfyre-flye:
Written by :iconcloser-to-the-sun:
© 2012 - 2024 Closer-To-The-Sun
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BladerGirl101's avatar
Where's K9 from? *hasn't watched much*