The lights came on, they were soft and did their job of illuminating enough to see each other but without hurting their eyes after the darkness that greeted them.
"Twilight, do you know what's going on?" Rarity stumbled a bit as she blinked her vision back from whatever had happened.
"I- I don't know? Why don't I know?!" Twilight's wings spread as they looked around in a bit of panic and a bit of confusion at being just awake. In the room she could see her friends along with other ponies, 4 mares and one stallion.
“An alicorn? Wow...” She heard one of them say, being seconded by the others who either nodded or opened their mouths in surprise. Before seeing others well.
“AN ALICORN?! PEGASI?! UNICORNS?! HIDE SUNNY!” And the terrified stallion pushed one the other mares towards a distant part, although the mare wanted to escape from his grasp. The others followed suit and walked away alone in their groups, the Earth Pony Stallion and his Earth Pony friend, a pair of Pegasi, and one Unicorn that looked like she wanted to join one of the other groups but chose not to for some reason
“What is wrong with you? But more importantly, are there any baddies out there to kick?” Rainbow Dash asked while looking with remarkable confusion at those ponies, it was certainly strange. As if they had never seen other ponies.
At least Twilight able to calm down easily by having her friends with her, nothing would be impossible with them there. Then, a slightly stronger light shone forward, an Orange Pegasus Stallion with a slightly short Black mane and a green dragon for a cutie mark. “I'd appreciate it if you didn't hit me.” The pony spent a moment looking at each one of those who were there “Will you please calm down a little!?” The mane 6 seemed to ignore him in favor of the children scared of each other until he said “I'll proceed to explain why I brought them here.”
"Are you going to do something bad?" Fluttershy was the one who spoke softly, seeing the children worried.
"Are you going to make us eat cupcakes to death?!" Pinky Pie was the one who followed him while tossing a cupcake at his face in surprise, almost making a famous work of art about a scare.
“I'm telling you, friend, we're going to kick your-“
"Rainbow, have a little more class." Rarity stopped the pegasus before she said something she may regret in front of the stranger ponies who seemed calmer.
"Uh, no, I'm not going to do anything bad, I'm just going to-" The Blackmane pony was once again interrupted in his speech, this time by Pinkie Pie.
“You brought us here to let us see a future, very very very far away, where the ponies left aside everything that Twilight taught as a princess of friendship and how they are going to try to unite all the ponies again being embarked on a magical adventure and wild to bring the magic back to them.”
The stallion took a high breath after that.
"You know, any other time I'd say probably not, but the times Pinkie Pie is right makes me not trust it." Applejack frowned as she processed what the pink pony said.
“Well, that's good because you're right!” The Black Maned Pony spoke again “So before something else interrupts me, I want to introduce myself as Shadow Dragon and just as Pinkie Pie said, I'm here to make you see a very distant future of yours.” I turn for a moment towards the new ponies “And a very near future for you, it won't be long and after this you can go back to your normal life, take it as a 2 hour break.”
Those seemed to be his last words before a stage light was pointed directly at Twilight. “Could you give an introduction? They don't really know you or each other yet, with one exception." Shadow’s voice was now heard all the way upstairs. Now that they could get a good look, they realized they were in a movie theater, the front with a big screen and the back seats that didn't look like much more than the exact number of ponies there. At the top where the film is played was Shadow Dragon. Twilight looked at her friends, According to this pony it would only be two hours and they would be back to normal, there wasn't much to lose but it seemed too good to be true.
“What if we refuse?” Rainbow Dash flew to where he was and faced him placing a hoof against his chest.
There was a soft sound of surprise from the two young Pegasi, not loud enough for anyone to hear. "Well you can go, I really just want you to see this on your own accord." he deadpanned as he said it, as if he didn't care that he went through whatever it took to get everyone there.
“Would we have your word that we will return after seeing what you want to show us?” Twilight wanted to be sure.
“I would, I'll even make you a Pinkie Pie promise!” He said. Needless to say, he made a Pinkie Promise, but they were in doubt as to how he knew Pinkie Pie.
“I think we can stay?” Twilight turned to her friends after that, each on a different level nodding in agreement to stay.
"Uh- Do you think we can go?" The Stallion asked.
“I'm sorry, I could let the five of you go but you are the protagonists of what I'm going to show so I'm sorry.” A grimace of regret appeared “So let's finish this a little faster and get to the introductions once and for all, alright?”
The light lingered on Twilight so she took that as an indication that it was her turn to speak and she would’ve if not for a loud shout
“ALL THE PONYS WERE FRIENDS!” The scream of the new earth pony mare with a tan coat of Apricot and Magenta mane and tail. Her cutie mark is one large pink star with a blue trail and two smaller pink stars. The light was shown on her “Ohohoho- Does having the light mean I can ask questions? Because I really want to ask questions because you guys are the ponies that saved Equestria many moons ago right?!” The pony took out a book as she said and kept asking questions.
"Sunny, this is an order from the Sheriff, let's stay away from all of them." The light now turned on an earth pony stallion, with light amber coat, aqua colored mane and tail, and a cutie mark of a gold shield with a teal horseshoe in the center and a teal heart on the bottom of either side of the shield. Around his torso, he wears some sort of belt, with a sheriff's badge on the front.
“Hitch, they're all talking like they're friends, that means they are!” The earth pony mare said pointing at the Mane Six.
"The best friends, dear," Rarity spoke to them, being answered by a bright smile from the mystery mare.
“Bright light hello!” The new unicorn replied as she looked towards the light, closing her eyes and seeing everyone “Hello new friends! So, the light is only being cast on everyone who spoke or?” The light was projected on the white pegasus mare “That answers my question.”
The pegasus next to her seemed to be trying to type something on her cell phone, being received by a bar without internet.
“Seriously, we have time but I would like to finish with the introductions. Please?” Shadow’s pleading tone was heard. “Right, introductions and then see whatever the mystery pony wants them to see.” Twilight coughed a little, drawing the attention of the younger ponies. "So, I'm Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship." She spread her wings.
“Applejack, sugar cubes at your service” She lowered her hat for a moment before putting it back in its place.
"I'm the amazing Rainbow Dash and my presence here makes this 20% cooler." She flew into the air doing a flip.
"I'm Fluttershy, you guys seem nice." She gave a little hoof wave to be answered by a loud 'Holo' from the younger unicorn.
"Rarity, darlings, I must tell you that you would look great in some Silk and Shawl." She moved her hair elegantly.
“And Pinkie Pie!” Glitter and confetti coming out after each performance. The lights returned to the stranger ponies.
"Uh, so I'm Sunny Starscout! And I have a lot of questions right now!" She announced lightly bouncing off her hooves.
“Hitch Trailblazer, amazing sheriff who will keep Sunny protected from all of you.” He points his badge at everyone.
“Hi new friends, I'm Izzy Moonbow! And you all have very bright sparkles." Stated a Lilac Unicorn with Navy Blue hooves. Her mane and tail made of long, wavy Cerulean Blue hair, which went from Blue roots to Violet tips. Her eyes were Magenta, and she had a long, Powder Blue horn with White swirls. Her cutie mark was a Purple heart with a Blue button in the center. The anterior side of the heart featured three sewing pins: two Pink and one Purple.
"Um- Hey, I'm Zipp." The white pegasus raised a hoof in greeting. In appearance, the pegasus is white with silver hooves. Her wings have light blue and lavender feathers and are quite long. Her mane is hot pink with aqua and pink streaks, and it resembles gelled hair. Her tail is similarly colored and is of average length. She has turquoise blue eyes and pink eyebrows. Her cutie mark is a pink-and-blue lightning bolt with a yellow crown on top.
"Pipp Petals but you guys should already know that," she said gracefully spreading her wings. Pipp is a light pink pegasus with golden hooves, and her legs have a slight gradation into lighter pink feathering. Her wings are fluffy and white and are made of large, soft feathers. Her violet mane is wavy and swept to one side, and her tail is of average length. She has kiwi green eyes and violet eyebrows. Her cutie mark is obscured from the screen, but she appeared to be wearing a gold tiara with a green jewel and golden wheat.
"Okay, before you start what you have planned." Twilight took a look at Shadow then towards the Mare’s and Stallion. "I must say that you guys seem like nice ponies and all, but from what I've gathered from the conversation, are Earth ponies, Pegasus and unicorns no longer friends with each other? Did all the times we saved Equestria were in vain?!” The scream resounded throughout the cinema
“I'm not going to answer that, there are too many variables that are still being processed” Shadow Dragon responded after Twilight let out a shout “So I'm just going to order some answers for when you finish watching the movie or you can ask directly to any of the children.”
They watched as some popcorn was placed next to a table to one side of the seats and the big screen was turned on with a big N in red in the center.
“As I understand you are from the future. How much exactly?” Was the question that Fluttershy asked the young ponies.
"Eh-" The sounds of not being sure is the only response they received.
“My dad used to say that you existed many many moons ago, your time is considered Ancient Equestria.”Sunny was the one who gave them a more or less acceptable answer.
"The fact that likely thousands of years have passed doesn't help the situation at all," Twilight grumbled as she headed towards the popcorn, grabbing one with her magic and then going to sit down. Her friends followed her.
"Don't get upset dear, they will surely explain to us what caused everything." Rarity tried to make her not be so upset. What they didn’t notice was Shadow Dragon chuckle to himself having heard that
When they finally all sat down, Hitch further away from them but close to Sunny, making sure they didn't do any harm was his duty as sheriff.