Princess Celestia didn't understood what happened. She was just a filly back then. All she saw was the gentle and funny stallion that saved her from a dragon being hit by a magic beam and then, he began to glow and scream as his body changed in front of her own eyes.

****

“Attention everypony, we have a new student starting today,” Mrs. Cheerilee said, moving aside so the short pegasus colt could introduce himself.

“Hello. I´m Time Turner…”

“Hey, that´s the name of the crazy stallion that works with the Mayor!” Snips interrupted him.

“I mean, I´m Time Turner´s son...Clockwork! Yeah, that´s my name,” the nervous Clockwork replied.

“Really? How come we have never see you around town before?” Silver Spoon inquired.

“I was on a school in..Manehatann. I just came back to Ponyville.”

“That´s good enough, Clockwork. Take your seat,” Mrs. Cheerilee said.

“Here! Here!” Sweetie Belle insisted and Cheerilee encouraged him to take the seat. “Hi! I´m Sweetie Belle!” the filly told him, beaming.

Clockwork nodded and turned around finding Scootaloo staring at him, she then blushed and looked the other way, further confusing Clockwork.

“Now, back to the history lesson. Pumpkin Pie, a distant relative of the Apple family, was the first pony to travel he Neighara Falls when she sailed on a raft…”

“Excuse me, Mrs. Cheerilee. But that´s not right. Pumpkin didn´t used a raft, it was a barrel. And she didn't as much sailed as was thrown  there by a gang of gryphons,” Clockwork interrupted her.

“And you know this…” Diamond Tiara mocked him.

“Well for starters, I was there.” Clockwork bit his tongue when he realized what he just said. “I mean, my great grandfather was there and he told me about it.”

“Woah, he must be very old. Pumpkin Pie lived two hundred years ago!” Peachy Pie said, making Clockwork blush,

“That´s an interesting story, Clockwork, but let's stick to what the history book says, okay?”

Clockwork blushed some more and vanished into his seat.

****

When the class was over, Clockwork was approached by three fillies.

“Hi! I´m Sweetie Belle!”

“Yeah, I remember..”

“And ah´m Apple Bloom! And this ´ere is Scootaloo!” Apple Bloom said while Scootaloo avoided his look.

“Okay…”

“We just noticed ya´ve no Cutie Mark!”

“Oh yes, the regeneration process must have affected my special talent as well, which explains why my connection to the TARDIS has been severed…” Clockwork stopped when he noticed the looks he was receiving. “I mean, what does that has to do with anything?”

“Well, since ya haven't fund your special talent yet, it seems; we want ya to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” Apple Bloom said.

“The what crusaders now?”

“We´re a secret society in search for our Cutie Marks by trying every single thing we can think off!” Sweetie Belle said.

“That sounds amazing! Also extremely dangerous! Are you sreu about that? Don´t wanna join a club so dangerous, unless we wear helmets…”

“Yeah, I don't know. We have been an all-girls club, anyways…” Scootaloo interrupted.

“We never said that!” Sweetie yelled.

“´sides, what gives if he´s a boy? the more the merrier, like Granny always says!” Apple Bloom said.

“Ah, old Annie Smith. She never learned how to play the flugelhorn…”

“Ya know mah Granny?” Apple Bloom asked, now paying attention to the weird colt.

“Well, my...father knew her. Yeah, they´re old friends.” Clockwork wasn´t fooling anypony so he said. “Hey, you have a headquarter? you can´t be secret society without a headquarter, right?”

“We can´t be secret if we show it to you!” Scootaloo said.

“Stop it, Scootaloo! Yes, come with us!” Sweetie said, basically dragging the colt around.

When they reached the clubhouse, they all gasped at the sight of an intruder.

“Princess Celestia?”

“Hello, girls.”

“What are ya doing here?” Apple Bloom asked.

“Well, I came to visit an old friend…” the Princess said in a mysterious manner, looking at Clockwork. “Who´s in for a game of knights and dragons?”

Clockwork smiled and let the Princess put paper helmets on all of them to start the game.