The Doctor eats an apple

"And Ah want to see ´em...naw!"

The Doctor looked with wide eyes and the not-so-little-filly-actually-quite-attractive-mare in front of him. He remembered the first time he met her. He was just passing by the market and she shoved some apples on his face, pestering him until he bought them. He never thought he will see her again, especially not as the new Mayor of Manehattan. She sure had grew a lot on these years, in more than one way.

"Ah saved yah life, so yah owe me one, ah´m right?"

The Doctor sighed and promised that on the next Dalek Invasion he will just surrender.

****

"Woah Nelly! It´ bigger on the inside!"

The Doctor smiled and began to push buttons and pull levers, half of them just for show. The

TARDIS wasn´t as complicated as he liked to pretend.

"Wait! Ah need to fetch Applejack and Big Mac!"

But the Doctor stopped her. "They can´t come."

"Why not?"

"They have already travelled with me once, which means they can´t be in a timeline they have already visited. In fact, you too can´t be in a timeline where you already exist. That´s why I´m taking you to a previous moment in time..." and he pulled some more levers.

"And why´s that?"

"The last time I took a pony to a time period where she already existed...things didn´t go well."

The blue barnbox appeared in a peaceful clearing. The first thing they noticed when they step out was the fresh scent of apples. Applebloom took a good look at the bright land filled with several ponies all barring similar Cutie Marks.

"...where are we?"

"Sweet Apple Acres, where else?"

"But it looks so...empty."

"Give your grandparents some credit, girl. This is just the first generation."

One of the Apple ponies spotted them and once it recognized the mark on Applebloom´s flanks greeted her on the family.

"Glad yah can make it! Annie, there´s one more and she brought ah special somepony!"

"Wait! That´not..."

"Why do they always jump at that conclusion?" the Doctor murmured.

A young green coated mare with an apple pie on her flank came to greet them. Her eyes opened wide for a second before she smiled.

"Well howdy there, that´ a fine shiny red apple on yer flank missy! Welcome tah Sweet Apple Acres!" she then turned her attention to a little thing hiding under her legs. "Now don´ be a ruffian and say hello to the missus!"

The little colt tilted his Stenson that covered most of his head and let go a meek "Ma´m..."

Applebloom eyes began to fill with tears but before she would break Annie Smith said:

"Son, why don´ cha take this lovely miss and introduce her to that lovely little thing that´ always chasing you around?"

The little colt blushed and growl before taking Applebloom hoof. "This way ma´m."

He took her to the table where a little filly with pigtails was waiting, the second she saw her she jumped at his neck.

Applebloom chuckled. "What´re ye, like her fillyfriend?"

"Eeeeyup!" the little filly said.

"Yah´r not!" the colt yelled, blushing furiously.

The Doctor smiled upon the scene.

"Well well, that´ a face ah never expected tah see again!" Annie Smith said. "Tah last time yah show up your timey wimey flank we got in quite a ruckus."

"Fracas. And I apologize for that whole cyclops incident. And the thing with the barn. And what happened to the cat."

"Ah, it´okay! We have a dog now!"

They stood in silent for a while watching the filly trying to kiss the colt while Applebloom laughed.

"Annie, she..."

"Don´ say it. Ah just needed one look at her eyes to know. She´ll never met them?"

"I´m afraid not."

"Ah see..."

"I´m sorry Annie. There´s just some things that I can´t...I´m sorry."

"Don´ be!" and she patted his back. Hard. "Now cheer up fella! This is an Apple family reunion! Have some shiny reds!"

And the Doctor took the bright red apple and gave it a good bite. He tasted the flavor, enjoying the love and care put on it.

"...sweet."