The Beginning of The End That Was the Sequel To the Epilogue.

by overlord-flinx

Four Quad

"Hello everyone, I'm Trixie Lulamoon... You may remember me from such movies as No County for Old Mares, or Les Miserobble Robble where I played the dual roles of the Hamburgler and Officer Big Mac and was snubbed by the Academy for it. I mean, I was literally acting opposite of myself in half the movie. And those weren't special effects! I literally used magic every scene to create a perfect--PERFECT--duplicate of myself! OH! And I need to act for myself AND the copy! I was playing two roles at the exact same time! DO YOU HAVE ANY--!?

--BEEEEEEEEP--

"Eh-hem! As I was saying... I'd like to take a moment to talk with you lovely people about something near and dear to me. We have a lot of fun out there in the wide world we live in. Playing with our friends, reading books, getting robbed at the award ceremony by Countess Coloratura because she stumbled through a movie on a broken leg! UGH! I'm Coloratura, I'm a hero for doing the bare minimum! That's not even her real--!"

--BEEEEEEEP---

"All this to say, we like to have our fun here and there. But you know what isn't fun? Identity theft.......... Well, goodnight."

"--Alright the producer said I went on an unnecessary tangent, but I need you all to understand it was highway robbery! Do you know how many days I spent practicing doing two roles at the exact same time?! You think you can just DO that magic!? I--No! I will not be silenced! The Academy is corrupt! They just want feel-good stories! Nothing re--!"

---BEEEEEEEEEEP!----

"Welcome to the Last Hope Orphanarium," Fluttershy greeted the guests with the kindness smile as she ushered them into the dingy estate.

Along the walls, several nameplates sparkle with the painstakingly written names of every child. Though, the initial writing is somewhat obscured by the several layers of sticky-notes piled over them with hastily redone names.

"So? What do you think of your new home?" The caretaker looked as hopeful as she was exasperated that maybe this time, the placement would stick.

"Yeah..." Scootaloo nodded as she looked the place over before drawing her katana.

In a single fluid motion, the young ward sliced the caretaker down. Fluttershy looked on in horror, though a small level of respect for the sheer skill for someone so young.

"Fluttershy, we don't have much time before they find us. I need your help to raise these other kids to be able to stop the robot uprising!"

"Wow, that's a lot to take in..."

"Oh we're just getting started on the things you're going to be taking in!"

"When I was a baby, I was told that in the future Twi-Knight Spar-Kill would raise a robot army to travel into the past and take over everything! So I stole a time machine to travel to the future to stop that from happening...!"

"...Wha?"

"Wait, I thought Twilight--Twi-Knight Sp... I thought they were a good pony?" Fluttershy voiced her objection while she watched Scootaloo flip furniture around in the orphanage.

"Yeah, that's what we thought too... Then the virus took over..."

"She was hacked by an even more powerful villain?!"

"No, she was just on the wrong sites without a VPN. Those are still a problem in the future."

"S-So what should we be looking out for?" Fluttershy shuddered at the implications of her former lover turning on her, though she followed suit with Scootaloo in preparing the area for war.

"Tens of thousands of robots. An endless army armed with three Ion Cannons at least...!"

Fluttershy's face fell beet red as she clutched at her chest, "Oh my..."

"When do you think they'll be here?"

"Uh... Soon... Just don't actually look out the window for them... Take my word for it when I say there's a lot." Scootaloo instructed, taking care to shut the blinds.

"You may not even see or hear any explosions. The ion cannons do all their damage super quiet in the future."

"I thought you were from the past...?"