Past and Future

Hey all,
Well, here it is. Rusty's deepest secret. The reason I knew I had to change this fic's rating from T to M. Along with killing off Rusty's neighbor back in chapter 1, this was one of the first plot points I ever decided to include.
And a surprise guest as well! Wasn't initially planning on including any of the Mane 6, even if she's just a Mirror Pool duplicate, but I'm glad I did. Pinkie Pie is ridiculously fun to write!
Chapter 9 turned out to be my longest ever. And I'm probably going to end up taking an equally long time to post Chapter 10. I'm planning on doing something different: Chapter 10 will be broken into 2 parts, with an interlude in between. I'll upload all 3 when they're done, which will end up taking as long as two normal chapters. So I'll be working for a while, and post another giant block of text in two weeks or so.
See you then!