I awoke with a groan, the ceiling swimming above me in a way I was 90 percent sure was NOT supposed to happen. The top of the TARDIS slowly came into focus, the events prior to my current predicament still a haze. My head was aching in a way I was 100 percent sure was not supposed to happen. Ok... time rotor...explosion...regeneration... blackout...wait, regeneration. REGENERATION. I sat up quickly and my headache became my primary concern for the moment. Ok, not a good idea to sit up super fast after you have just been knocked out. I grasped my head with my hands and I heard a dull clopping sound. Wait a second, I am fairly certain my head has NEVER made that noise. I looked at my hands to make sure there wasn't anything on them that could have caused the strange noise. I stared at my hands, eyes widening when I realized that they no longer took on the appearance of the ten fingers and palms I have known for the past 909 years. Wait, hooves? When did that happen? I had never regenerated into anything that didn't take on a human like appearance. What the hell? I took on my usual post regeneration routine, quickly starting to inspect different aspects of my physical appearance and making sure nothing had been left out. Ears. Short and furry, and in a different place than I expected, but check. Eyes, check. Nose, what the heck? It's never been this big before. Ugh, I must be a mutant, no one will EVER be able to take me seriously now. Hair, shaggy, and from what I can see of it, dark brown. That's it, I need to look in the mirror. I stood up on my legs and promptly fell over. What, can I no longer walk on two legs now? I decided to go for the dog style and walk on all fours over to the mirror. This is humiliating. My feet made a clop sound as they progressed over to the other side of the TARDIS, the entire time I was thinking, Ok, it can't be that bad! I mean, I have weird feet and stuff, but that won't change much... will it? Oh god, will I even be able to work the TARDIS? Am I stuck here forever!? I'm screwed! I looked in the mirror, and stared at my new form.

I'M A PONY!?

Wait, what the hell? This has NEVER happened to another time lord as far as I'm concerned. What do I do? Why the hell am I a pony! I can't be a pony! I'm the Doctor! I went over all the possible scenarios in my head, and the most logical response I came up with was when the TARDIS was exploding, it started traveling through all the alternate universes, and when I regenerated, it forced the TARDIS into emergency lock down and landed in the closest galaxy. Therefore, I regenerated into whatever life form lived here, so a...pony. Ok, this is officially crazy. Ugh, I'm never going to live this one down. I noticed a spot of color on my flank, and turned sideways at the mirror. An hourglass was on my butt. Ok, what does that even mean? I don't even...ok, whatever. I'll figure it out later. I turned towards the console. Wait a second, can I still work the TARDIS? I unstably ran (more like an attempted gallop) over to the console and looked it over. Apparently when it had crashed in a different universe, the TARDIS itself had also regenerated, changing the switches and levers to shapes and sizes that were far more compatible with my hooves. My hooves. I shook my head to stop thinking about them, and tried flipping switches to get out of this universe. It was going to burn up a lot of power, but it would be worth it when I was in my normal form. The TARDIS started up, and the new time rotor started going up and down. I heard a sound that I hated hearing, the systems failing. The time rotor stopped working. What the hell?

"Oh, common dear, let's go! What, can you not leave this galaxy? Oh god, please tell me you can still leave this galaxy."

No matter what I did, the TARDIS would not start up enough to leave the universe. I looked up on the scanner, trying to figure out which planet I was on. Everfree Forest, Equestria. Also known as an alternate form of Earth. Wherever that was, I had never even heard of the Everfree Forest and Equestria. I tried for some places that I did know might be here, in this time period. First stop, the moon.

Ok, so the TARDIS still works. I figured, after stepping out of the TARDIS onto the bare landscape full of concave dents and dust. I trotted around, making sure this wasn't just a totally random place. I spotted a bit of color coming from the corner of my eye. I looked around and ran towards it, stopping when I saw a bed, mini roller coaster, giant refrigerator, and lots of toys. Wait, someone lived here on the moon? Judging by how old the toys were, this person (or pony, for that matter) had been here for a long time. Ah well, it looks like they have left already, the bed was full of dust and the toys lying in pathetic heaps on the surface of the moon. I went back into the TARDIS to try and see other places that I knew of.

Ok, this was officially mind blowing. Not only was everything, basically the same, it was all pony-fied and strange! Camelot was Canterlot, Philadelphia was Fillydelphia, Manhattan was Manehattan, and everyone was a pony! Ugh, this was way to strange for my post regeneration brain to handle. I stepped out of the TARDIS to look at my surroundings, and maybe meet some ponies that could try and help me to make sense out of all of this.

*****

Derpy's first view of the next morning was of her carpet. She flipped over and looked up, surprised at the seconds ago short moment of free fall before landing on the floor next to her bed. Rainbow Dash was hovering in her face, an excited and slightly mischievious grin taking over her features. Derpy groaned and threw a pillow at Dash.

"Derpy! The fireball! Come. On! Get your flank off the ground and let's go to the Everfree forest!"

Derpy shot up, the events of last night finally catching up to her. Wide awake, she nodded to Rainbow, and they promptly shot out of the window of Derpy's home and created two blurs that crossed over Ponyville, one yellow and gray, the other rainbow. They stopped just outside of the Everfree forest. Just because they had both been inside lots of times, it was still a place full of Manticores and other beasts lurking in the shadows. They looked at each other and nodded, and quickly traversed into the forest, eager to discover what had fallen from the sky late the previous night.

*****

A few hours later, they still hadn't discovered the site of the crash. Derpy's wings were getting tired, and as much as Rainbow Dash tried to deny it, hers ached a little too. They were just starting to get discouraged, when a light brown earth pony stumbled through the undergrowth. He had a short brown shaggy mane, a light brown body, blue eyes, and an hourglass cutie mark. He looked incredibly confused.

"Uh, you ok there? You look a little lost. What the hay are you doing out here in the Everfree forest?" The flying pony with the rainbow mane asked me, a little wary, I could see it.

"Long story, don't ask. And even if you did, I wouldn't know what to tell you. My TA-... form of transportation crashed late last night, and I just woke up. May I ask your names? And what you are doing out here?"

Woah, he talks really fast. And he sounds really familiar... Derpy thought. "Uh, I'm Derpy, and that's Rainbow Dash." Rainbow Dash gave a little salute at the mention of her name. "We saw something fall out of the sky late yesterday, and we decided to go investigate."

I panicked, I can't let them know I'm a time traveler, not even from this galaxy for that matter. "Yeah, strange... I have no idea what that crash was, I mean, it wasn't me. How could it be me? My TA- form of transportation can't fly! Haha weird."

A silence befell the three of us as they tried to work out what I said. "Yeah, um, so, can you show me the way out of this place? And show me where the nearest civilization is? That'dbegreatthanks." I finished talking in a rush.

The rainbow maned pegasus looked at me curiously, and a look of realization and curiosity found its way onto her face.

"Sure thing..." She said cautiously. "But don't get any funny ideas, there's something you're not telling us."

Shoot, she was perceptive. I gulped, and followed them as they turned and started leading the way (hopefully out of the forest). I made note of all the twists and turns they made, hoping to find my way back to the TARDIS later. They were whispering furiously to each other. The thought I was currently pondering over was along the lines of, were all ponies like this? Next Chapter: Ok, Now I'm Really Confused Estimated time remaining: 34 Minutes