As the trio slowly makes their way back to the main part of Ponyville, Doctor and Whooves are having a conversation, with Derpy joining in occasionally. The topic is Equestria and it's inhabitants, and Whooves and Depry have become the source of information to Dotor as he hammers off question after question. "So here in Equestria, eveybody is a pony?" Doctor asks. The two ponies nod, and Doctor asks another question. "So where are we going right now?" Whooves replies "To Ponyville, where me and Derpy live." "Anything or anyone I should know in or about Ponyville?" Doctor asks. "If we pass by important ponies or places, I or Derpy will point them out, alright?" Whooves replies. "Ah, got ya." Doctor says, seeming to be done with his tyraid of questions. After a bit more walking, they arrive at the maret are of Ponyville. As soon as they get within range of the first set of stands, the ponies surrounding them slowly fall silent and stare at the odd being walking with the two ponies.  Doctor notices the stares and begins to look a bit flustered. "Um, Whooves."  "Yes?" Whooves answers, then notices the stares as well. "Oh my." He says. "It seems as though your odd appearance is drawing alot of attention. Maybe we should go somewhere and sit down for a bit, that way we don't cause any more of a stir."

"That sounds like a good idea." Doctor says, and Whooves leads them to Sugarcube Corner. The trio enters and no pony can be seen. "Well, it's oddly empty here today." Whooves says. They all sit away from the windows in case any passerby should look inside. Whooves takes the silence as an oppurtunity to do some explaining. "Well, it seems the initial reaction we had is going to be mutual among every other pony in Ponyville. I think the presence of a being such as yourself is going to create quite a stir here." Before Doctor can continue on this point, an excited and confused gasp can be heard behing them, and Derpy says "Oh look, it's Pinkie!" A smile lines Derpy's face as the other two look around, and Whooves slams his hoof on his forehead. "THIS should be interesting." He says in an annoyed tone. The pink pony bounds over exitedly, and with enough speed to make Doctor recoil a bit when she gets face to face with him. "Oooooh! I've never seen one of these before!" *a big grin speards across Pinkie's face "What is it?" Doctor is still leaning away slightly from the hyper pink pony, He says "I'm an alien here, technically. I'm also-" Before he can continue he is cut short by a huge excited gasp from Pinkie. "An alien!? Oh my gosh oh my gosh, how did you get here? With a spaceship? Maybe a teleporter? Ooh ooh, can you go places with your mind!?" The pink pony goes on and on with question after question, causing Doctor to scoot away a bit. "Um, Pinky, I'd like to introduce you to someone." Whooves says, trying to interrupt Pinkie's tyrade of endless questioning. She instantly stops questioning Doctor and says "Oh boy, I love meeting new people! What's his name?" "Pinkie." Whooves begins. "This is Doctor. Doctor, this is Pinkie. now you know each other." Pinkie lets out a squeal of delight and grapbs Doctor's hand and begins to shake it vigorusly, then slowly grinds to a halt when she realizes what she's isn't a hoof. "Oh my, what an odd looking hoof?" "It's called a hand actually." Doctor says, slowly disengaging it from Pinkie's hooves. "And it's nice to mmet you Pinkie." "Nice to meet you too Doctor!!" Pinkie says, a big smile adorning her face.

Whooves goes to the window and looks out. "It seems as if the market crowd is going home for the night, we can go now." He says. Pinkie gasps loudly and says "Oh no you can't, our new friend hasn't tried one of my insanley yummy extra tastey super wonderful cupcakes!" She says, all in one breath. "Well, I suppose I COULD use a bit of a snack." Doctor says. "That's the spirit, be right back with a whole tray!!" Pinkie bounds away happily to the kitchen, and Whooves sits down next to derpy. "I suppose I should tell you about her, she IS an important pony here in Ponyville." Whooves says. Doctor gives Whooves his attention, and Whooves continues. "Her name is Pinkie Pie. She is one of the bearers of the Elements of Harmony." Whooves pauses, waiting for any questions. Doctor motions for him to continue, and so Whooves moves on. "Her 5 best friends are also bearers of Elements. I suppose we'll be meeting them when she tells them all about you tomorrow." Whooves finishes up, and Doctor asks "One question. What are the Elements of Harmony?" "I think you'd better let the Bearers tell you that when they come to see you. Anyway, here comes Pinkie with our cupcakes, then we can get going." Whooves says. Pinkie bounds over and sets a tray of fresh cupcakes on the table. "Eat up guys!!" She says before hopping over to the stairs.

After they finish off the cupcakes, they call a thanks up to Pinkie and head for the door. They step out into the dying day, seeing the sunset. "My but isn't it getting late. I think we should all head back to my house for tonight. I have the feeling you'll need a bit of rest before tomorrow." Whooves says. Doctor nods and says "lead the way." All three set off down a path, Whooves leading the way. After a bit of walking they arrive at a building nesteled between a few trees. "Well, this is our stop." Whooves says. They all three go to the door, and Whooves opens it.  Him and Derpy go right in, but Doctor has to crouch a bit to fit into the door. When he gets inside he notices it is built to the point where he can stand comfortably. "At least I won't have to crouch to move around here," Doctor says, a small smile playing across his lips. "follow me, I'll show you your room." Whooves says. The three go upstairs, and Whooves pushes a door open and indicates with a sweep of his hoof that it is Doctor's room. Doctor pauses at the doorway and watches as Whooves and Derpy go to seperate rooms and close their doors. Then he goes into his room and shuts the door. He heads to the bed and lays down, processing the events of the day. Before he knows it, Doctor's eys get heavier. Then they keep falling, and slowly they stop opening again.

The darkness is slightly illuminated. There still isn't anything definate, just darkness, with the faint glow of light warming it a bit. Doctor struggles a bit, not understanding why it is so dark. Finally he opens his eyes, squinting a bit from the sunlight pouring in through the window. "Wow, it was just me having my eyes closed." Doctor laughs for a bit. When he stops forever, he still hears laughter. And voices. "Well that must be my hosts." He says. He slowly gets up and stretches. He then walks out of the bedroom, and goes to the sairs. He poke his head around the corner, observing the scene below. The voices were indeed coming from his guests, but it looked as if there were more than just two ponies in the house at that moment. He counted eight, each one a different color and each having a different mark on their rump. He lists the colors and the according marks off in his head. "let's see, i know Pinkie Pie. Her mark is balloons. Then a purple one, with a six point star. Next is a white one with diamonds. Then a caramel colored one with apples. Then a cream colored one with butterflies. Then a cyan colored one, with a cloud that has a rainbow lightning bolt coming from it. But isn't this odd, she has multicolored hair while the rest have solid colored hair. Well, all except the purple one, but all he or she has is a highlight." Doctor starts to go downstairs. He gets to the bottom step and leans against a wall, surveying the convorsation. After a few minutes, he coughs just a little, to let them know he is there.

All the ponies look over, and Whooves smiles. "Everypony, I'd like you to meet the guest of the hour. This is our alien visitor. You can just call him Doctor." Whooves finishes up, then walks over and stands next to Doctor. Pinkie lets out an excited squeal. "See, what did I tell you, I told you he looked wierd!" She yells. She bounds over and stands next to Doctor as well. The other ponies are staring at him, as if trying to take in the site of such a foreign looking creature standing in their midst. Finally, the white one speaks up. "Um, hello mister. My name is Rarity." She says it uneasily, as though she doesn't know what to expect as a response. "Nice to meet you rairty. You already know my name." Doctor holds out his hand, and Rarity walks over tentativley and puts her hoof in Doctor's hand. He shakes it gently, then she goes to stand beside Pinkie. The two start to whisper to each other, and the next pony steps forward to introduce herself. I'ts the one with the rainbow mane. "Hey guy, the names Rainbow Dash. I'm the fastest flying pegusus in all of Equestria. Nice to meet 'ya." She flies over and grabs Doctors hand, shaking it vigorusly before joing her frinds in the small huddle they're forming. The next to step forward is the purple one. "Hi, my name is Twilight sparkle. It's a pleasure to meet you." She walks over to Doctor and politley shakes his hand. "Nice to meet you as well. You too Rarity and Rainbow Dash." Doctor says. Twilight goes to talk with Whooves instead of joining the huddle of friends. The next to greet Doctor is the caramel colored pony. She walks over confidently and shakes his hand. She has a firm shake, and she talks in a confident tone even though she is talking to basically an alien. "mah name's applejack, nice ta meet ya." She releases his hand and joins the huddle. Doctor looks around and notices the cream colored pony slowly shying away from him. The only other one who seems to notice is Derpy. She approaches the frightened looking pony and they start to talk. Doctor can't hear because of the din of the voices next to him, but he doesn't move closer in case he causes the pony to run.

After a bit of coaxing, the little pony apporaches Doctor very timidly. She looks up at him with very frightened looking eyes. "H-h-hello. M-my name is Fluttershy." Doctor smiles and slowly holds out his hand for Fluttershy to shake. She retreats a step, then seems to gain a bit of confidence and shakes his hand. He smiles again, and this time she does too. "Nice to meet you Fluttershy." Doctor says. The pegusus nods and says "You too." She quickly scampers away to join the small huddle of her friends. Derpy walks up next to Doctor. "She's a bit shy. I'm actually surprised she shook your hand." Doctor looks thoughtful, and Derpy slowly goes into the kitchen. Doctor is snapped out of his reverie by Whooves, who says "So, these are the Bearers. Any questions?" "Yes actually. What are these marks on all of your rumps? What do they mean?" Doctor asks. "Oh, those are called cutie marks. Those indicate what our special talent is." Whooves says. "Ah, well I'm going to have to figure out what they all are, some of these marks are confusing." Doctor says. "No time right now, sorry to say. They just came over to meet you. We still have to show you something." Doctor looks confused, but shrugs it off and follows Whooves around the house. "All right everypony, it's been a pleasure having you all over, but now it's time for you guys to leave, I have things I need to talk to Doctor about." Whooves says. The 6 friends file out the door, each calling a goodbye to the pony and alien. When they all get out the door, Whooves shuts it and turns to Doctor. "Now, this is where the day truly begins." Whooves says with a smile.