Back again, everybody, with a brand new episode of Spiritual Setback! The Searchers and Mane 5 yet again get into mischief, and the results may destroy their world! Will a mysterious Time Lord be able to help them? Find out now!

The Searchers and the Mane 5 were all outside, doing their usual daily chores. Rainbow, Derpy, and Cloud helped to clear the sky, Rarity was helping Percy with making a tuxedo, Pinkie and Leon were busy reading Draco's thoughts while laughing hysterically, Fluttershy and Chloe were tending to some of the pets the Mane 5 had, and Annabelle and Applejack were busy cultivating crops. Doc was outside, reading a book, when he saw a flash of light in the sky. He then saw a bright, blue box come out of the sky and land in a small clearing somewhere nearby.

Curious, Doc headed over to where the box landed, and saw that it was a police box. He inspected it closely. It's a bit out of date with the time period. It looks very small. He found a hatch inside, and opened it. He was amazed by how much roomier it was inside than it looked outside. Not only that, but there were many flashing consoles inside as well, and many rooms all over the interior. That wasn't what stood out to Doc though.

Inside, a pony was lying on the ground. He wore a black jacket, and had a buzz cut mane. He had an hourglass on his flank, and Doc went over to him. Doc checked his pulse, and noticed he was barely alive. Doc dragged him out of the machine, and called for Chloe and Fluttershy to help him. They both galloped to Doc, and checked on the mysterious pony.

He coughed a bit, and he struggled when he spoke. "What… where am I?" the pony asked in a Northern voice. He was breathing hard, and he couldn't move.

"You're in Ponyville… we're here to help you!" Chloe announced.

"Don't… bother… it's time for a new… regeneration…" the pony said.

"What? Come on!" Chloe said, using her magic, but could not heal him.

"My body is… destroyed… from the inside," the pony explained. "Like I said… don't bother." He laughed a bit, and he collapsed. Chloe checked his pulse, and declared that he was dead. His body then began to glow, and he shone a bright yellow light. He glowed for some time, before the glowing ceased, and the pony was no longer there. Instead, a different pony took his place, bearing a tan hide, blue eyes, and spiked brown mane, but bearing the same cutie mark. He stood up perfectly, and at first seemed perfectly fine. He looked around, and noticed everything was… different.

"What? Where am I?" he asked in an Estuary voice.

The three ponies were surprised that the pony before was dying, but after this change, was perfectly fine. Doc stammered a bit before answering. "Um… you're in Ponyville. I'm sorry… who are you?"

"I'm… AH!" he stopped as he had a spasm before he answered them. Chloe and Fluttershy both went to him, and used their skills to heal him. He lay on the ground for a bit before he got back up, and shook himself off. "That's… better! Thank you for that. Allow me to introduce myself… I am the Doctor."

"Doctor? That's a profession, not a name," Doc said.

"It's… wait, I feel I've said this before… anyways, it's all I have," he responded.

"Are you a physician?" Doc asked.

"No… I'm a scientist… something of that sort. Excuse me, but my head hurts, and I need rest…" he said as he laid his head on the grass. "That's better."

"Well, allow me to introduce myself. I am Doc, and I happened to notice you crashed your… box… nearby." As Doc said this, the Doctor slowly stood up. He struggled, seeing that he had four legs instead of the usual two as a Time Lord did. He stood awkwardly, and spoke.

"Doc? Are you a doctor as well?" he asked.

"Well, yes and no. I can heal most as though I am one, but I am not licensed. She is though," Doc said, pointing to Chloe.

"Well, I thank you three for helping me out. Did you say a box crashed nearby as well?" the Doctor asked.

"Yeah, the one that you crashed in… what was it? I've never seen anything like it!" Doc exclaimed.

"Ah, yes, you entered the TARDIS, the machine I used to get here. It must have malfunctioned, which explains why I am equine. Which dimension did I land in this time?" he asked, looking around. "Seems very colorful, many bright colors, sun shining like never before… it appears I have landed in a very peaceful environment."

As he was here, the other Searchers and Mane 5 came up to see where the others had gone. They saw them, and saw the Doctor as well. "Hey, who's this guy?" Leon asked.

"His name is the Doctor. He crashed here from a box, and I guess healed himself," Doc said.

"Healed himself? What do you mean by that?" Leon asked.

"Well, he was dead, and then he came back to life, but came out looking differently… it's strange," Doc said.

"You mean like reincarnation?" Leon said.

Doc was surprised Leon knew some much about this. "Ye… yes. How did you know?" he asked.

"Well, for the Doctor, it's more of regeneration, since he is still here, but in a different form. You said he was found in a box?" Leon asked.

"Yes. Follow me," Doc said as they all walked to the TARDIS. Derpy, straying from the group, met with the Doctor.

"So… you crashed down here?" she asked him.

"Well, in a way, yes I did. I should probably set a course for home, unless… no. I should stay here for a bit longer. See the dimension I landed in first before I leave," he said.

"Um… did you fall and hit your head when you crashed? Because what you said made no sense!" she said excitedly.

"Oh… I'm sorry. Let me put in in more comprehendible terms… I am a time traveler. Time Lord to be exact. I usually use logic to solve problems wherever I land. Like now, I have to find a way to get out of here, but not yet," the Doctor said.

Completely ignoring his lecture, Derpy smiled at him. "Well, as long as you're here, I can make delicious muffins for you!" Derpy said.

"Perhaps an English muffin does sound delectable right now…" the Doctor said.

They all soon reached the TARDIS, and entered. Leon, Cloud, Rainbow, and Pinkie instinctively pressed every button they saw. Doc and the others looked surprisingly at them, and had to do something quick. "Hey! We don't know what any of this stuff does! Don't randomly push buttons!" Doc yelled out.

"It says to right here," Leon said, holding what appeared to be a book titled Spiritual Setback. They continued to randomly push buttons, until the Doctor came up to them. "Oh, no… you've all been setting different time periods in this dimension. That only means…" he sighed, and looked back at them. "Wherever you chose as the period is where we'll be stopping. Let's see… one year ago… forty seconds ago… four years later… fourteen years later… oh, my. You're all going to be scattered across time," he said.

"What?" Leon asked. But then he was thrown out of the TARDIS, as well as Cloud and Rainbow.

"Whoa, what the…" Draco said, before he too was thrown out along with Orion and Pinkie.

"Amazing…" Doc said before he, Rarity, and Percy were thrown out.

"And lastly… us…" the Doctor disappointedly said as the rest of the group stopped and were tossed out of the TARDIS.

…

Leon woke up to find himself somewhere, but he didn't know where. He appeared to be in a building somewhere, but he didn't know where. He looked out the window, and saw that he was just on the outskirts of Ponyville, inside some pony's house. Wow, that trip was much more than I was expecting! Whose house is this? He then went outside the house, and saw a pony coming towards him. "Hey, Dad! What are you doing here?" the pony asked.

Dad? No, that couldn't be… Alan? He did look very much like Leon's son, except older. "Hey, sport! Just visiting Ponyville…" Leon responded. Except… he didn't respond. Something inside him made him say that, and he suddenly obtained many memories, memories he did not have before. Alan was much older than he was before, almost fifteen years old. He noticed Alan looked very much like Leon at that age.

"Oh, OK!" he said as he went inside his house, and waited for Leon. Leon followed Alan inside, and Alan escorted him to the guest room. "There you are! Draco should be back any moment, so I'm gonna go to Dinky's house. See you in a bit!" he said as he left.

Dinky? Wait, older Alan, Dinky with a house… I think that TARDIS took me to the future! Leon got out of the guest room, and went to the kitchen to get a bite to eat. He heard the door open, and Draco, taller than he appeared in the past, came in through the door. He saw Leon, and greeted him. "Oh, hey Leon… whoa, hey Leon! What's up!? Didn't think you'd be here…" as he said this, he hid something behind his back. Leon ignored it. Leon did notice that Draco sounded much more laid back, and his voice was deeper.

"Say, what year is it? I kind of lost track…" Leon said.

"Um… it's 3032 A.C. Are you losing track of time already?" Draco asked.

"Yeah… you could say that. I don't suppose you know where Chloe is at?" Leon asked.

"Wow. You must have lost all of your memory. She's back at Caelum, where you should 've been right now," Draco said.

"Thanks. I… I need to find Rainbow Dash and Cloud Runner. Something's up here…" Leon said.

"OK… I'm gonna be in my room… so don't bother me…" Draco said, backing slowly into his room.

Leon watched as he did, but he didn't care at the moment. Cloud and Rainbow seemed to be thrown into the future as well. I didn't see the others though. I gotta find those two first, or the others will not find me. Leon left the house, and set off to find Cloud and Rainbow.

…

The Doctor, Chloe, Annabelle, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Derpy all landed outside the TARDIS, just as it was before. They all stood up, and wondered what happened. "Doc, what happened?" Annabelle asked.

"Well, you're friends had corrupted the console, and judging by the position of the sun and the TARDIS still here, I think we only travelled a few seconds in the past," said the Doctor.

"OK, well then, where are our past selves at?" Applejack asked.

"When we travel forth in time, we merge with ourselves in that period. Technically, your friends won't exist anymore if we don't find them in the future, and if your friends in the past change it, they could destroy us all," the Doctor said.

"WHAT!? Oh, no! We gotta save them!" Chloe demanded.

"My thoughts exactly, otherwise this dimension could be warped, or destroyed," the Doctor said.

He led them all into the TARDIS again, and checked the console to the recent history of time periods visited. "First stop… one year ago… Ponyville," the Doctor said. He activated the control console, and they landed in Ponyville, exactly one year ago. They phased into the area rather than the crash landing the TARDIS had done earlier. The ponies stepped out, and looked around.

"OK, everything looks the same… did it say who was transported here?" asked Chloe.

"Apparently, two ponies, and a dragon," the Doctor responded.

"That must be Draco, Pinkie, and Orion. Does it say where they headed?" Annabelle asked.

"Let's see, the ponies in the TARDIS have a slight radiation charge on them, which should be detectable by a Geiger meter." The Doctor then pulled out a counter from the TARDIS, but struggled to grasp onto it. He dropped it, tried to pick it up again, and failed to grasp it. The ponies watched him struggle to pick it up, and he couldn't seem to figure out how to grasp it.

"Firmly grasp it in your hoof," Applejack said.

"I believe that is impossible. I can't seem to… grab it," he said frustratingly as he still attempted to grab the counter. Derpy picked it up perfectly in her hoof, and the Doctor was impressed. "How did you do that?" he asked.

"I… just grabbed it. Come on, we gotta find those ponies!" Derpy announced. She led the group to where the locations on the Geiger meter were pointing, and searched for the three ponies in the past.

To be continued! Hope y'all enjoy this episode, next one will be posted some time soon next week! Will the Doctor be able to save all of the ponies scattered in time, or will one of them inadvertently (and most likely) change the present?