“Resistance is futile. Conversion is almost completed,” sentenced the expressionless cyber-pony.

“No! Let me go! I don´t wanna be like you!” Scootaloo cried, struggling to get away.

“Your wings will be upgraded. You will be upgraded.”

“I´m fine just the way I am, you dumb buckethead!”

“Illogical. Your wings are deficient. You need our assistance.”

“Ah believe what she needs...is a doctor.”

The cyber ponies and Scootaloo turned their heads to meet the jacket wearing yellow filly that had entered the room.

“The Doctor is here. Delete!”

“Hang on y´all!” the Doctor cried and pulled a bright zap apple from her jacket. “This apple here is a powerful anti-technological agent! Just one touch of it and all of you´ll turn as useless as mlik on ac eral bow!”

The cyber-ponies and Scootaloo looked at each other, confused.

“What? Ah don´t like milk on mah cereal!”

The cyber-ponies were not impressed and threatened to shoot but the Doctor tossed them the apple. While the cyber-ponies crashed against each other in confusion, the Doctor freed Scootaloo with her sonic screwdriver.

“About time! Where did you get that anti-cyber-ponies apple?”

“Ya welcome. And ah didn´t.”

“What? You lied to them?”

Just then the cyber-ponies stopped and one announced, “ information. The apple is harmless.”

“Ya just had tos ay it outloud.”

The Doctor and Scootaloo rushed through the corridors of the cyber-ship, heading for the exit.

“Where´s the TARDIS?” Scootaloo asked.

“Don´t worry. Ah lend the key to Sweetie Belle, she'll be here any minute now!”

“You did what?”

They both stopped when they ran into a wall of cyber-ponies, ready to fire. Before they could shout their usual “delete!”, a blue box flied through the ceiling, crashing the cyber-ponies.

“Did I hit something?” Sweetie asked, coming out of the door.

The Doctor and Scootaloo smiled and then they-

¡APPLE BLOOM!”

******

Apple Bloom and her friends were sucked out of the comic, landing into the floor of her bedroom.

“Auh. Applejack, why ya took us out?” she asked.

“Dinner is ready. And ah thought ah told you to stop playing with these weird comics,” Applejack said.

“Oh come on, sis! It´s fun!”

“Ah just don't like the idea of ya three running around in some dangerous world filled with monsters and...cyber-ponies?” Applejack said, taking a look at the cover.

“Don't worry Applejack, the comic has a failsafe spell. If we ever get hurt, it just zaps us back to the first page!” Scootalooe xpaliend.

“Like a videogame!” Sweetie added.

Applejack scratched her head. “Suppose it´s alright then. Why did ah ever led Spike told you about this store? Now come on ya´ll, time for dinner.”

“Can we keep playing after dinner?” Apple Bloom asked and Applejack nodded reluctantly.

“Yay! Next time, I´m the Doctor!” Sweetie chirped.

“No way! I wanna be the Doctor!”

Applejack just shook her head, unable to understand why they liked playing pretend so much when the world was filled with enough adventures.