"Oooouugh..."

I groan. Swift in bed, trying to find a more comfortable position. No. No. No... No! NO!

Blanket slips down. Tug it back. Slips down again.

No bother.

The morning air is cold. I left the window open. Dangit!

Sheet is a tangled mess. Not comfortable.

I yawn, and sit up.

"Morning already?"

Yeah. Another morning. Hopefully, none of us will go loco today, nor we will have to save the world. Again.

I rub my eyes. Not as uncomfortable as you think, even if I have hooves.

I get up, still feeling like my legs are made of led.

I stagger into the bathroom.

Alright.

Sit down.

Think of waterfalls.

Rain pouring down.

Rainbows.

Rainbow fact-- NO!

. . . . .

Finally!

Relief.

Wipe.

Go to sink, wash hooves.

Let's see.

Ruffled mane = good night sleep.

Sweating = rough night.

Reddish eyes = still tired (no question about that),

A highly noticeable wingboner...

WHAT?!

A wingboner?!

Blushing.

Trying to remember last night...

Nothing.

Trying to recall anything from sleep...

Distant...

With the Wonderbolts...

Blush even redder. No one around...? Yes.

OK, let's sit down...

What was it all about?

Let's see...
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Heheh...

NO!

Restrain yourself!

Get up!

Splatter cold water into face!

No. Not refreshing.

Just cold.

Shudder.

Wingboner still present.

Wash teeth.

Gurgle.

Spat.

Wipe.

Make breakfast (cornflakes).

Eat.

Check for work order.

Got a week off.

HOTCHAAA!

Brush hair.

Feels nice.

Go to door.

Checking - Wingboner gone.

"Bloody Hell Yes!"

Wait.

'Bloody Hell Yes'?

I'm not THAT much of a cursing type.

Also, "bloody"? Is that even a curse word? I'm confused. Only that weird brown stallion with the Hourglass cutie mark says that, every now and then.

I'm bewildered.

Open door.

Walk to edge.

"HEY, RAINBOW DASH!"

Stop.

Look down.

Scootaloo.

"GOOD MORNING, SQUIRT, WHAT IS IT?"

"YA GOTTA COME TO PONYVILLE! THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON!"

Bite lower lips.

"IS IT BAD?"

"NO, just... UNUSUAL!"

Small sight of relief.

"OK. I'M COMING DOWN!"

Fly down.

Towards the town.

Cool air brushing against whole body. Feels nice.

Scootaloo follows, using her wings to power her scooter.

Clever girl.

Wonder about what the commotion is.

Begin hoping it's a handsome, muscular pegasi stallion looking for a...

Dropping height.

Shake head and temporal wingboner off.

Make an early resolution about finding a boyfriend.

Arrive to Ponyville.

Go to main square.

"...WHAT THE...?!"

***********************************************************

Wake up.

Yawn.

Stretch forelegs.

Get out of bed.

Stretch entire body.

Out of bedroom.

Down the stairs.

Pass big brother and little sister next to the bathroom. Lil' sis squealing, looking desperate.

Brother... The usual.

"Good mornin' y'all!"

"Mornin' Applejack."

"Gottagogottagogottagogottagogottago!"

Snicker.

Go outside.

To water tank.

Pull lever. It creaks loudly.

Water falls.

Standing, relaxing.

From the house:

"FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"

"Eeyup!"

Chuckle.

Stop.

Grit teeth.

"Horse apples. Gotta go too!"

Waiting.

Waiting.

Waiting.

Door opens.

"All yours!"

Inside. Quick!

"AAAAaaaah... Goodness! RELIEF!"

Get out.

Others staring.

Quite shocked.

Blush.

"Eheh... 'scuse me."

Get to kitchen.

Find a pear.

Wait, WHAT?!

Pear?

Oh well.

Give it a sniff.

Nothing.

Give it a taste.

Hmmm... Not bad.

Eat it...

Realize!

Run to bedroom.

Put on hat.

. . . . . .

Get outside.

"Applejack! Applejack!"

Little sister comes over.

"Wha' is it, Applebloom?"

She looks excited. I wonder.

"Ya gotta see this, big sis! There's something going on in town!"

My eyes narrow.

"We'll be there right away!"

We ran out.

Down the dusty road, towards town.

There is a large crowd in the town center, and Rainbow Dash is already there.

I meet with her, and move to the source of the commotion.

...WHAT the TARNATION?!

**************************************************************************

As the first rays of Princess Celestia's sun shine through my window, my head pops out from the pillows.

And immediately buckles back.

"Mmmmmmmmmmh..."

I moan.

I've been visiting my friend's dreams all night. Sure, they don't believe in my Fourth Wall powers (heck, they didn't believed in my Pinkie Sense at first), but this is just awesome!

Thought, I'm not sure what to think of Rainbow Dash right now...

Oh well, best not to mention it to her.

I just hope she doesn't remembers.

I open the window, lean out, and take a deep breath...

Sweet, cool morning air.

Like ice creams.

And...

*cough cough cough* *sneeze* *splutter*

EEEYUCK!

EEEW!

Smoke!

Who's smoking?!

Wait. They don't sell cigarettes or anything like that here.

Must be a visitor then!

OMYGOSH! I must throw a par-tey then!

Wait.

There's something odd about this smoke.

Take a whiff.

Eeeugh.

It's...

Thick.

And sooty.

And grimy.

BLEUGH!

And... Oily?

Like... Some sort of fuel, maybe?

But not burned well?

Also, a bit of steam.

But how?

The railway doesn't go trough here.

Yet.

My Pinkie Sense is silent.

Fourth Wall tells me nothing.

I'm worried.

I ran down the stairs, my foster parents yet to wake, and out into the street.

I saw a massive crowd, two of my friends already there.

Then, I saw...

Him...

"...HUH?!"

************************************************************************

I'm woken from my beauty sleep by my little sister.

"Rarity! Rarity! Wake up!"

I groan, and sit up...

"What is it?"

"Eeeek!" she squeals, and hides under the bed.

I groaned again, and took the cucumber off.

"There... Now... What is it, Sweetie Belle?"

She peeks out from underneath, then quickly climbs out.

"There's a great commotion going on at the town square! Everybody's there!"

I frown.

"Even your friends!"

Now, THAT'S different. Maybe Princess Celestia, or Luna is visiting. Maybe another royalty. Maybe.

"Oh my gosh! This is my big chance!"

It so is!

I quickly jump out of the bed, wash my face, my teeth, put some quick make-up on - when you have to hurry, you have to - and some perfume, as I don't have time for a shower.

Little sister is waiting at the front door.

"C'mon! We'll miss it!"

NO! We simply can't!

*Gurgle!*

I frown again. Neither of us had breakfast yet. We can't go there with an empty stomach.

"Shouldn't we eat first?"

She doesn't seems to mind her hunger.

"No! We can have some afterwards!"

I agree.
And, we can always visit Sugarcube Corner. Or ask Applejack.

We head off, fast, but delicately.

Suddenly, it hit me!

I shrieked as I came to a halt.

But it wasn't my mouth!

I just stared.

I lifted my left front leg, and stared at my hoof.

The sound I made, when I stopped...

It sounded like metal!

Screeching on metal!

I was bewildered.

I looked back behind myself.

Sweetie Belle was lying on the ground, front hooves covering her ears, eyes shut...

She opened one eye, then both, then sat up.

"Has it stopped yet?" she asked.

I felt blood rushing into my cheeks.

"Yes."

She shook her head.

"Why did you screamed? Oh!"

She realized.

And quickly, she whipped out a comb from what we would call a pocket (Pinkie Pie calls it "Hammerplace", but she's... Well... Pinkie Pie).

I gotta admit, she worked fast, and it looked just smashing, as I saw it in the pond near by.

We hurried off to town.

Once near the town square, we saw the crowd...

And among them was...

"...WHAHAHAAH!"

**********************************************************************

I felt a small paw tapping on my back...

I turned towards it.

"Angel?" I asked.

It was indeed my little bunny. A bit forceful, I know, but still, my best helper.

And he keeps tapping me, more forcefully.

"What is it, Angel?" I yawn.

My sight is still hazy, but I can still see him pointing towards the door.

"You want me to get out?" I ask, smiling.

He begins to nod, then, upon noticing the shocked look of the other animals, he begins to shake his little head, frantically.
I chuckle, and roll out of bed.

Once outside, Angel began to point towards Ponyville.

"Oh, is there something about?" I asked.

He nodded furiously, and pointed towards it.

I was soon off, leaving Angel in charge of the others for the morning at least.

Once I arrived in town, I was quick to notice the big crowd that gathered around something at the square...

I flied over, and was delighted to see my friends...

Then I saw, why were ponies gathering.

"...What?"

*********************************************************************

"Twilight! TWILIGHT! WAKE UP!"

As if his shouting didn't already wake me up, his nudging made extra sure to knock the dreams out of my eyes.

I shook my head, and sat up.

"Ugh... What is it, Spike?"

I have to give him that he's very sober and vigilant.

He was up, earlier than I am, seemingly ready for anything.

Got out of bed.

Washed my face.

Ate a sandwich.

And all the while...

"TWILIGHT! I'm serious! There's something going over town! We gotta check it out!"

We soon headed out towards the town square.

Once near it, I realized how right Spike was to be this concerned.

The... Being, that stood over the crowd...

...WHO-WHAT IS THAT?!

*************************************************************************

The soaring tall figure howered over the crowd, which kept a safe distance from him.

He was tall, taller than Celestia, presumably as long as the cursed draconequus Discord.

What the many ponies were most surprised about was that this entity stood on it's hind legs, perfectly balanced - although, judging by his body structure, he had been doing that for quite some time by now.

While his limbs were long, his torso seemed relatively small, not too small, thought. He wore clothes, unusual ones:

A thin, yet well-stuffed dark green winter coat, open, revealing the dull black pullover under it, some loose greenish-gray camouflage trousers, sharp, pointy browns shoes with Velcros, and a black Swiss beret on top of his round head.

To be honest, the entire body structure of the visitor was odd:

A round, ball shaped head, either no hair, or well hidden under the cap, no eyebrows, trapezoid-shaped eyes, completely monochrome, just black and white, well defined shoulders, long arms and legs widening from joint to end, slightly, long, pointy fingers, almost like claws, and the upper mentioned big, triangle-based shoes, which seemed to contain a similarly shaped feet within.

"'Allo!" it spoke in a weird accent.

No response.

The being slowly reached up to his head, and scratched the back of it.

"Ummm..." it seemed to be just as confused as the ponies...

"Please...! Move aside a bit, if you will... Coming trough! Ugh!" the Mayor popped out of the crowd like a cork from a bottle.

Standing up, and brushing the dust off from her mane, she glanced at the being.

"...Greetings, dear, uh, visitor" she spoke, with only a hint of uncertainty "Welcome to Ponyville!"

The being smiled, kindly.

"Greetings." he replied promptly "You must be the Mayor, I assume?"

"Well... Yes indeed..." the latter replied "And who may we respect in you?"

The being grinned.

"My name is Alexei. I'm an inter-dimensional traveler. I've came to meet your princess... -es..."

The ponies gasped.

The next second, a young cyan mare with a rainbow colored mane and tail came up into Alexei's nose-less face.

"Back off, chump! You'll hafta fight trough ME if you want to do anything with the princess!" she sneered.

"But I..." before the 'traveler' could continue, another pegasi, this one yellow with a long pink mane and tail, flew over to them, covering up the cyan one's mouth.

"What she meant to say was, that, we would really appreciate if you'll be so kind as to explain why you want to visit our princess in such a haste..." she spoke, timidly.

Alexei smiled grandly.

"I was just about to..."

Again, he was interrupted, when a pink pony jumped up to the top of his hat.

"OOOOH! Are you from the Audience?! Really, you are an inter-dimensional traveler? This must be your first time in Ponyville!" *le gasp* "Maybe even your first ever time in Equestria! I must trow a party for you!" she babbled on her high pitched voice.

"Look, I'm really in a hurry, and..."

Again, the figure was cut off by another pony, this time, an orange one with blonde mane and tail, wearing a brown cowgirl/farmer hat.

"Now, sugahcube! Get off the poor fella'! Look at 'im, he's all skin an' bones! First thing first, he should eat sum' refreshin' apples, and explain why he's here..."

Again, the being smiled...

"Oh, that would be lovely! I sure am peckish after my journey, and..."

Once again, he was cut off, by something he first believed was a giant marshmallow, until he realized it was another pony, with an elegant mane-due.

"No no no no NO! This will never do!" she spoke hectically "I mean, just LOOK at your clothes! You definitely SHOULDN'T visit the Princess dressed like this! Oh, if I can get some scales from you, I'm sure I'll be able to design a proper clothing for you!"

The figure's face turned serious.

"Look, ma'am, I appreciate all of you help, but I'm really in a hurry! Besides, these are my favorite clothes, and I'm kind of fond of them - definitely not afraid to show them to the Princess! So, the clothes stay! And that's that!"

While Rarity momentarily fainted (onto her couch, of course), Twilight jumped out of the crowd, with Spike on his back.

"DON'T PANIC, EVERYPONY!" she yelled "I'M SURE WE COULD SETTLE THINGS PEACEFULLY!"
The traveler lost patience.

"WE SURE COULD IF YOU LOT WOULD JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME FOR A DAMN SECOND!" he roared.

Everybody turned silent.

Forcefully, but not harshly, Alexei removed Pinkie Pie from his head, and pushed the two pegasi down from his face, onto the ground.

Once all on the ground, the six ponies lined up with the Mayor, looking at him with what appeared to be puppy eyes.
Clearing his throat after the outburst, he began to speak again.

"Sorry about that. But, now that you all listen, let me explain. As I've already mentioned, I'm Alexei, and I'm an inter-dimensional traveler. My job is to keep balance between the different zones, timelines, and dimensions that coexist within this stream of multiverses. Recently, I've noticed that a group of... "Trespassers" decided to visit your dimension, of course, they could only do this by going trough the ones that distance you from their. And that is quite a lot of timelines, alterations, and whatnot. We still have approximately a week or so before they arrive here. Now, it isn't likely that they're hostile, but only one of them wants to actually visit this world, the others are simply after that person, and will be extremely pissed once they arrive here. And that's the point. Their entire existence here may change the fate of your world greatly. And that one I know! If it wouldn't be like that, I would appear in an incarnation that fits in your world, you know, a pony, or something. But since I'm in my normal, humanoid form, that means that something is a BOUND to happen, and I'm not sure how it'll go! So I must visit your Princess to make sure everyone's ready! Also, simply the fact that I'm in my normal form and not in a version that fits your world, means that I'll be involved GREATLY. So... Can you lead me to your Princess?"

Everybody, pardon, everyPONY just stared at him...

"Wow. You've must of hit your head hard..." Rainbow Dash spoke up "You make less sense than that Doctor guy."

The traveler's eyes widened.

"The DOCTOR is here?!" he gasped "Perfect!"

"But, you know, he's a... Pony... Like us..." the cyan pegasi added.

"Oh..."

"Anyways..." Twilight joined in "I can send a letter to Princess Celestia if you wish...

"An' while you're still here, eat sum'thin'!" Applejack added.

"Oh, thank you, that would be delightful!" Alexei replied, smiling again.

As Twilight went along with the Mayor for a pen and papers, the crowd began to slowly break up, the five other ponies still remaining...

"You could also explain yourself a bit more... Clearly." said the rainbow pegasi "You haven't said much with all that gibberish about dimensions and stuff..."

"Oh, alright, I'll explain!"

***************************************************************************

"...And you see, that's how it is." the figure finished, also finishing his apple pie.

The five ponies looked at him, absolutely bewildered. What they just heard was the most complex scientifically jabber that one could find in High-University studies and science-fiction books. AND it all made sense.

"Well, tie me up an' call me Ginger, I've never knew our world was so tiny." Applejack muttered, summing up what they all thought afterwards.

"Oh well, even the smallest counts..." Alexei smiled "And this was a damn good apple pie. I'm guessing this is your specialty..." he added, smiling.

"Well, yes, among other things involving apples." the orange mare replied, a hint of a blush passing over her face.

Rarity, who has been silent for some time, also spoke up.

"So, you're a GOD as well?"

The others stared.

"Yeeeaaah, I was about to get that part." the traveler grinned "How did ya figured out?"

"Easy. An oddly built body, the most casual clothes I've ever seen, traveling trough the larger part of what we can still comprehend of the world without any equipment, AND having a VAST knowledge in both the entire... What did you called it? OMNIVERSE'S history and how things work. My..." Rarity was taken "The only other person I've heard talking this way was the Doctor."

"Tell me, does this "Doctor" has anything unusual habit, like an odd accent, anything revolving around time, or something like a blue cabin of some sort, perhaps asking for random things to save the world?"

The five mares exchanged looks.

"Well, DUH!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed "He lives in a weird blue shed that barely looks enough for ONE pony to fit in, yet whenever someone speaks with him when he's in, it always has an echo to it..."

"He does have an odd accent, li'e this, speakin' veary caerefulley, and usin' stuff li'e "fancy that", "brilliant" and "smashing"!" Rainbow Dash added.

Rarity frowned.

"I usually use that last one." then, her face lifted "Also, he often asks for random things which he claims he needs to save the world with, like you said."

"He talks abou' a LOOOT of crayze thin', involving time, space, continuum (whatever that is), and traveling with that shed of his..." Applejack joined in "He actually named it! Now wha' was it...? Something beginning with 'T'." her eyes widened "He even has a hourglass fer a cutie mark!"

"Also, I don't know if you noticed, but there are a lot of ponies resembling him, only slightly different, but all bare the same cutie mark." Fluttershy added "He usually hangs out with Ditzy Doo, and she said he's a time traveler, claiming himself to be a "Time Lord", and he also claims to be over 900 years old, and has a great dislike for pears."

After the explanation, they all looked at the thinking Alexei contently.

They were more than alarmed when he finally spoke up:

"Well, FANCY THAT! Doctor Who! Err... Whooves! Here! Hmmm... Must be his new settling base, if he's a pony. Ah well... All in good time..."

As he finished muttering, the orange mare leaned closer.

"Are yah plannin' somethin', sugah'." she asked, eyeing up the sitting figure.

"Maybe." the traveler replied with acted innocence, then picked up a Cheshire cat grin, leaning into the pony's face "Your problem with it?"

While Applejack meekly stepped back, Twilight entered the room, along with Spike.

" Well, I've sent a message, and the Princess has already replied."

"AND?" the others asked in unison.

"I'm afraid, she won't be able to see into this matter right now, first possible time being three days from now."
"Oh well." Alexei shrugged.

"So, anyway... Mind telling us more about what's going on..." Twilight asked with a timid smile.
The others just groaned.