“Time is an illusion.”
― Albert Einstein
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Carnegie lay passed out on Starswirl's bed. The old wizard was looking at the stallion with a peculiar yet amused half-smile.
"Your friend here has quite the special talent, my little ponies."
"Well," Time Turner countered, "his special talent isn't drinking giant tanks of alcohol if that's what you're implying."
"Eh. I was only suggesting it. But do tell, the magical generator worked?"
"Yes, fortunately. We made the century leap and have managed to set it up for a twenty-four hour charge."
"That's great! oh and the Princess'll want to know that you're back! She'll be so pleased!"
"Starswirl... you do realize there's a war going on?"
"Well of course, my good stallion!"
"So you know we can't afford to bother the Princess."
"Oh poo. Well, I guess we'd better purge your friend of all that alcohol again before it kills him."
The wizard had been regularly casting detox spells towards the comatose Porter every hour or so. The amount of alcohol he had ingested nearly killed him, Swarswirl had said, they were lucky they got to him in time. Carnegie Porter was literally on the brink of death. He was still comatose.
When Starswirl had told them that he had narrowly avoided death, Roseluck had gone into a full panic mode.
"That was beyond the most irresponsible thing I've ever seen anypony do. I swear to Celestia, when that stallion wakes back up, I'm going to kill him. Nopony should have to suffer because he thought," she began to mimic his cockney accent, choking up a bit, "'Blimey! It's a grea' idea if I jus' waltz up an' drink a barrel full o' beer. Y'know, fer laughs!' Honestly the most uncalled-for, most foolish thing I've ever seen him do!"
Then Rose began hysterically sobbing next to Carnegie, begging him to wake up as fast as possible, so she could kiss him. Time Turner winced, and started to believe that Rose was a rather clingy marefriend to Porter. Time Turner shuddered. Carnegie Porter had a marefriend. It was a scary thought to behold.
As Roseluck desperately tried to wake Porter with Starswirl, Time Turner decided to go and see what Derpy was up to.
He wasn't sure if he and Derpy had agreed on a relationship yet. But Time Turner had given it plenty of thought. The pegasus came with a package. She had that adopted filly. The darling unicorn that he had met at the Ponyville Schoolhouse. He chuckled as he remembered her calling him 'Mister Doctor Time Turner'. That day, she had introduced him to her mother, a beautiful mare with the cutest and silliest googly eyes.
He suddenly imagined Dinky Hooves calling her 'Daddy Mister Doctor Time Turner'. He smiled slightly to himself.
Derpy Hooves was alone in her guest bedroom. She had just woken from a short nap. And now Derpy lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling (and the left wall, but she focused her attention on the ceiling).
She remembered what the half-dead-drunk Carnegie had said about Roseluck.
Had they really had... Derpy blushed at the thought... sex? Derpy had never gotten intimate with anypony before. She didn't blame them. Her eyes were quite the turn-off. She thought about the Doctor. Time Turner. How he was so kind and gentle... So handsome...
She closed her eyes again and remembered the kiss they had shared. He had revealed that he too had feelings for her. The mere thought made Derpy endlessly happy; the stallion of her dreams loved her back! She imagined he was with her, alone together in the bedroom. She blushed. She knew what a mare and a stallion did together in the bedroom.
Derpy imagined him holding her... Kissing her... Touching her...
She was bolted away from her fantasies by a knock at her door.
Derpy lit into panic mode. She wrapped a sheet around her. Her marehood had gotten very sweaty, and she didn't want anypony noticing.
"Derpy?" Time Turner's muffled voice called from the other side of the door, "May I come in? Are you decent?"
Derpy wasn't sure what it was. But she knew this was her only chance to get him alone. She felt her walleyes straighten, as if some mystical force was helping her appear more presentable.
"I dunno, Doctor. Why dontcha come on in and find out?" She cooed. Derpy must've been channeling the sultry spirit of the old Roseluck. She flung away the blanket. She wouldn't be needing it.
The Doctor stepped in, and his eyes met a very seductive and very horny pegasus.
"D-Derpy! I thought you said I could come in!"
He began to step out.
"No! Doc! Please!" He returned, closing the door behind him.
"Timey... I love you... And you love me... And... And...." She felt her heart begin to give out.
"Just take me, Doctor!"
To her surprise, Time Turner blushed, looking away. He straightened his tie and brushed a hoof through his mane. Derpy's mind was distracted by how cute she thought he looked when he did that. Dorky, sweet, and lovable.
"Well... D-Derpy... I do love you... but I... I-I... I've never..."
Derpy got out of bed, walking over to him.
"It's okay," she whispered, "It'll be my first time, too."
He looked to her with wide eyes.
Then they turned to a burning gaze of passion as he undid his tie, slinging it away. He picked her up, kissing her, and carried her unsteadily with his forelegs over to the bed.
And then they did the skiddily boop.
And it was incredible.
Carnegie Porter was dreaming.
He knew he was dreaming. But at the same time he didn't care. Porter was with Rose in his dream. And they were married! They had foals! A little colt and a little filly! He had a family, and his own brewery was successful. He had a life of his own.
The Doctor was there, wedded to Derpy. Four great friends, together with their foals. But then darkness began to lurk about, turning the plants into flames. Carnegie cried out to his dream children as they vanished. Rose cried out to him, and he turned, only to see her and his friends disappear as well with screams of pain. He felt tears fall down the face of his dream-self.
Then there was somepony else.
A unicorn. A unicorn stallion. Tall dark, and with a glowing purple aura.
"Begone, Sombra! This is not your domain!" Instantly, everything vanished except for Carnegie and the stallion. A glowing cross with a loop in it shone on the stranger's flank.
"Carnegie Porter, your time has not come yet. You will have to awaken soon. And that future you saw taken from you... That is your future if you wish it be. If you let it be. Now go. I cannot hold back Sombra much longer."
The stallion looked into Porter's terrified green eyes with shining lavender orbs.
"Rise, Carnegie Porter, RISE!"
Then Carnegie Porter woke up.