The next day, Time Turner closed shop early so he could tell some stories to the local school ponies. The school colt from yesterday had kept his promise of bringing some friends along; he apparently brought his entire class. Pinkie Pie, of course, was there too.
“I wasn’t expecting your entire class,” said a surprised Time Turner.
“Once everypony else heard I was gonna hear stories from Doctor Whooves, they said they had to come along,” said the school colt.
“I see,” said Time Turner.
“So, we heard you was from another planet,” said Apple Bloom.
“Oh yes, that is correct,” said Time Turner. “I was born on the planet of Gallopfrey.”
“What does it look like,” asked another school pony.
“It looked like, um,” Time Turner was having some trouble coming up with a description.
“It’s a yellow orange planet about 250 million miles away from here,” said Pinkie Pie. “With silver leafed trees, and a burnt orange tint during the night! There were deep fields of red grass and large mountain ranges with snow on top!”
“How do you know all that,” asked another school pony. “Are you an alien too?”
“No, I’m not a Time Pony,” said Pinkie Pie. “That’s what the residents of Gallopfrey are called, by the way. It’s just that I’m um…I’m his…”
“Companion,” chimed in Time Turner. “Pinkie Pie has been my companion on several of my adventures. Time traveling can be lonely, you know.”
“What do you travel in,” asked Apple Bloom.
“That blue crate over there,” said Time Turner.
“Kinda small for time travel,” said another school pony.
“It’s a lot bigger on the inside,” said Pinkie Pie.
“How,” asked another school pony.
“It’s a sort of extra dimensional kind of magic,” said Time Turner. “These were designed by Gallopfreyin unicorn scientists.”
“There were unicorns on your planet too,” said another school pony.
“But of course,” said Time Turner. “There were pegasai as well. Gallopfery was like this planet in a lot of ways, but with more technology.”
“Ya’ll keep referring to yer planet in the past,” noticed Apple Bloom. “Is it no longer around?”
Time Turner pause at that moment. He hadn’t noticed at first, but yes indeed he was talking as if his fictional home planet no longer existed. He had to keep things consistent though.
“Unfortunately, it doesn’t,” said Time Turner with a sad look. “There was a war you see. A Time War between the Time Ponies and an evil race of aliens known as the Equideks!”
All the school ponies went into a simultaneous aw.
“They were the baddest of baddies,” exclaimed Pinkie Pie. “They kinda looked like those horse chess pieces, but were made of metal. And they had one arm that looked like a plunger, and the other looked like an egg beater.”
“That’s it,” said one school pony. “Doesn’t sound too scary.”
“Don’t let the description fool you, little one,” said Time Turner. “They may have looked a bit silly, but the Equideks were a ruthless race. They were the result of centuries of genetic engineering. They had all emotion stripped away from them, except for one…hate! They hated everything that wasn’t them! Thus they made it their mission to destroy everything that wasn’t them!”
The various school ponies then let out gasps.
“They had the shrillest of voices,” continued Time Turner. “And there arms were nothing to laugh at. The egg beater looking arm was a deadly laser. The plunger arm, could link up with various machines and when pressed against ones face could crush it! Mainly they would yell out ‘EXTERMINATE!’ and order other life forms to bow to their wills!”
“But Doctor Whooves was never afraid of them,” exclaimed Pinkie Pie. “He would do everything in his power to keep them from exterminating all life! Even at the cost of his own planet!”
“Sadly, she is correct,” said Time Turner. “The Equideks had tried one too many times to destroy all life, and the time Ponies were doing all they could to stop them. In the end, I had managed to create a sort of time flux to destroy the Equideks; but it came at a price. The flux accidentally took out not only the Time Ponies, but Gallopfrey itself.”
“But, if you use time travel, why not go back to save your planet,” asked a school pony.
“I wish I could,” said Time Turner with regret in his voice. “The flux went through all time, wiping Gallopfrey and the other Time Ponies from existence. They exist only in my memories.”
“At least you got rid of them nasty Equideks,” commented Apple Bloom.
“Oh, that wasn’t the end of them,” said a regretful Time Turner. “The time flux had dispersed the Equideks to various point in time. They were able to keep on coming back in various ways.”
“Oh dang,” said Apple Bloom.
“But those aren’t my only deadly enemies,” said Time Turner. “Not by a long shot. And not all of my adventures end sadly either. I may not have been able to save my own kind, but over time I’ve rescued several different beings, including ponies from the past on this very world!”
As if all at once, the school ponies all exclaimed “WOW!”
“Have you ever met Starswirl the Bearded,” asked a school pony.
“I have tea with him at least once a week,” said Time Turner. “With my trusty time machine, I can visit him at any point in his lifetime.”
“Ever see Princess Celestia as a little filly,” asked another.
“Yes I have,” said Time Turner. “She was a cute little thing. As a filly, her mane was actually one shade of pink.”
“Was she a blank flank back then,” asked Apple Bloom.
“Of course,” said Time Turner. “Even a princess starts out with a blank flank. Many Time Ponies have time related cutie marks, such as my hourglass here, but some were known to have different talents that didn’t involve time.”
Time Turner told stories for a little over two hours, before the school ponies had to head back to their homes. Time Turner told them he could tell them more stories next week at the same time.
“Aw, a whole week before anymore stories,” exclaimed Pinkie Pie with a frown.
“I still have a business to run, Pinkie,” said Time Turner. “Besides, a week gives me time to come up with more stories. And you can help me come up with them, if you like.”
“Well, I am your companion after all,” said Pinkie with a smile.
“I figured you‘d agree,” said Time Turner. “So, you write your ideas, I write my ideas, and we meet back later to work them together.”
“Okie dokie lokie,” exclaimed Pinkie Pie. “See you later Time Turner!”
Pinkie Pie hopped off back to her place, leaving Time Turner alone at his shop. He had a great sense of pride cheering all of those school ponies up. He then began to realize that Doctor Whooves being the only Time Pony wasn’t too far off from his own life. His family were so far away off in Trottingham, he didn’t have a lot of friends at the moment, except for Pinkie Pie now, and he hadn’t even been on a date since moving to Ponyville. He wasn’t sure how many mares would be interested in him, especially now that there were rumors he was a time traveling alien pony. Things were far from over in the interesting department.