MLP FIM Audio Drama Script : The Book Fort of Time And Space (first draft)

The Book Fort of Time and Space
Written by David Rasmussen

Characters
The Doctor
Spike
Filly Twilight Sparkle

Setting
Inside TARDIS (stopped in Twilight's Library)

SFX Notes
Story takes place in TARDIS. Appropriate sound effects needed.
Main Room
Corridor
Kitchen
Main Room

SFX Knocking (TARDIS door)

Spike (muffled outside door)
"Doctor, I'm back..."

SFX Door opens
SFX Note Everytime Spike walks there is a tink tink tink sound (cookie jar)

Doctor
"Ah there you are, and is that..."

Spike (even toned)
"Where is Twilight."

Doctor
"Ah yes, Twilight... did I ever tell you that you cant roast marshmallows in dragon's flame..."

Spike (walking away from listeners)
"Twilight!"

Doctor
"And your walking away..."

SFX Door closing Corridor
SFX Walking clinking

Doctor
"Spike? Maybe we should talk about this fi..."

SFX Walking clinking stops

Spike (irritated)
"Want to know what else cant be roasted in dragon flame."

Filly Twilight (distant)
"Spike! Im in the kitchen!"

Doctor (nervous)
"Uh Spike maybe..."

SFX Walking clinking

Spike (yelling)
"Twilight! What's..."

Filly Twilight
"No need to yell, I'm right here."

SFX Walking clinking stops

Spike (even toned)
"Behind this book wall? Really Twilight?"

Filly Twilight (indignant)
"For your information it is Fort Knowledge, thank you ve--"

Spike (interrupting)
"Fort Whatbee?"

Filly Twilight (indignant)
"A book fort." (sigh, turns to excitement) "Are those cookies I smell?"

Spike (hesitant)
"Uh yeah... about that." (pause even toned) "Never mind. Mind letting me in?"

Filly Twilight
"Cookies?"

Spike
"Let me in and you can have cookies."

SFX tinkling (shaking cookie jar)

Filly Twilight
"Eeerrr... ok"

Spike
"OK then, now if you'll kind..."

Filly Twilight
"Do the Secret Fort Knowledge Password first."

Spike (even toned slightly irked)
"What."

Filly Twilight
"You know. I taught you it after Shining's wedding..."

Spike (complaining)
"Seriously?! Twilight!"

Filly Twilight (pleading)
"Please bestest number one assistant ever!"

Several second pause

Spike (resigned tone) "Alright..."

SFX Sound effects of going through the motions of dance (repeated when Doctor does it)

Spike (resigned tone) "Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake... clap your hooves and do a little shake..."

Pause

Filly Twilight (giggling) "Very nice, Spike."

Spike (groan)

Doctor (pleased)
"I especially thought the tail wiggle at the end was nice."

Filly Twilight (pleased)
"Great! Because it's your turn!"

Doctor
"...what..."

Filly Twilight
"No password no entry Doctor."

Doctor
"I am pretty sure that is a pretty long password..."

Filly Twilight (irritated)
"Doctor..."

Doctor (smug pleased with self)
"Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake, clap your hands and..."

SFX Cow bell (during "do a little shake")

Doctor (smug)
"...do a little shake!"

Silence

Filly Twilight (bored)
"Seen better."

SFX Magic (levitation)
SFX Books shifting to form opening

Doctor (still smug)
"I thought I was rather brilli--"

Spike (interrupting)
"Dont care."

SFX Walking and clinking

Spike
"Twilight wh--" (confused) "--wh --wh... what..."

Filly Twilight
"Oh Spike. Doctor..."

Doctor
"He wouldnt let me, he AGH!!"

Spike (angry yelling)
"What did you do to Twilight, you...!!"

SFX Magic (levitation)

Filly Twilight (patient)
"Spike. He didnt do anything. I just woke up this morning and..."

Spike (shocked)
"But you... you... you're tiny! I..." (kiss)

Filly Twilight
"I'm a filly, silly!"

Spike (silence)
"You got crumbs all over you... put me down..."

SFX Levitation stops
SFX Walking cookie munching walking

Spike "Hold still..."

SFX Spike cleaning Twilight (little grunts from Spike, groans and complaints from Twilight)

Filly Twilight
"Are you still angry?"

Spike (depressed)
"Only at myself. I cant believe how angry I felt..."

Filly Twilight (soothing soft voice)
"It must be hard for you... when I am gone."

Spike (upbeat)
"What? No, no, I'm good! Got lots to do everyday, running the library, keeping everything going! I dont even have time to..."

Filly Twilight (soft soothing voice)
"You dont need to spare my feelings. Especially since I have been so inconsiderate of your feelings."

Spike (emotional)
"No! No! You're not..."

Filly Twilight (soft voice)
"I am gone for days at a time, and when I am back I am still with the Doctor helping him with whatever... and you my faithful patient number one assistant..." (pause) "You shouldnt have to feel as if your losing me to the doctor."

Doctor
"Wait its not like that!"

Spike (angry)
"Its exactly like that!" (pause) "Each and every day I say to myself "Patience, Spike! Patience! One day everything will be back to the way it was, and you'll have Twilight back..." (sad) "But that was selfish of me... thinking only of myself... Twilight deserves to be happy even if... I am not..."

Filly Twilight (sad)
"You silly dragon! You do make me happy! You are my number one assistant... and my first friend..."

Spike (sad)
"But one day you'll marry... like Shining Armor... and..."

Filly Twilight (determined)
"Not today!" (silence) "Not today..." (silence)

SFX Magic (Levitation)

Filly Twilight (cheery)
"Cookies? They always used to cheer me up after a bad day."

Spike (mood improving as he speaks)
"Th-thanks..." (munching - happens infrequently during next part) "It must have been hard to keep you clean on rainy days."

Filly Twilight (cheery)
"And sunny days! Cookies were my favorite..." (pause) "...I think I understand now."

Doctor
"Understand what?"

Filly Twilight
"Why I am a filly again. How could I have been so blind to Spike's feeling... I guess I needed a wake up call and becoming a filly again helped... since I felt the exact same fears Spike did when Shining Armor joined the Royal Guard... and I felt I was losing him..." (levitation munching) "Well I am definitely going to need some aromatherapy tonight for sleep."

Spike
"Aroma what?"

Doctor
"Aromatherapy. See all these books? Theyre Twilight's."

Spike (deadpan)
"You dont say."

SFX Walking

Doctor
"Well she got me to reading and one book was all about the restorative power of aromatherapy, unfortunately here in Equestria its all still a do it yourself industry... cant just pop down to the corner mart for a candle and a few bags of jelly babies... wait not babies...foals? Yeah itd be Jelly Foals... anyway whipping up a quick candle is deceptive easy... mum will be so happy I learned a useless skill after nine hundred years... and according to this book this flower is good for lifting one's spirits... why are you looking at me..." 

SFX Magic (Levitation)
SFX Pages turning

Filly Twilight (deadpan)
"Spike?"

Spike
"Amerilyia, aroma produces an uplifting feeling. Characteristics of the plant yadda yadda yadda..."

Doctor
"Thats what I said..."

Spike
"Be careful to NOT confuse the plant with Poison Joke as the two are nearly identical."

Doctor
"Uh... this is Poison Joke?"

Spike / Filly Twilight (deadpan)
"Yes."

Doctor
"So I did a bad thing... right?"

Spike / Filly Twilight (deadpan)
"Yes."

Doctor
"So I should dispose of the lot and get that rhyming zebra..."

Spike / Filly Twilight (deadpan)
"Zecora. Yes."

Doctor
"Right. Well... I'll just get to it then... be right back..."

SFX Running

Filly Twilight
"Sigh."

Spike
"He's an idiot sometimes isnt he?'"

Filly Twilight (laughter)
"He has his moments... want to play fort? He might be awhile."

Spike
"Sure. Im up for anything!"

Filly Twilight
"Now there's the number one assistant I know and love!"

Spike
"I dont have to be the bad guy... right?"

Filly Twilight
"Oh Im sure a certain brown earth pony will be "attacking" shortly... shall we ready our defenses?"

Spike
"Yes, sir! Number One Assistant Spike ready for duty, sir!"

Spike / Filly Twilight
Laughter

End

End credits read by Jamjar while under "attack" by Spike / Filly Twilight