Every night when Pinkie Pie goes to bed, Pinkamina rises. Using the cryptic powers of the Pinkie Sense, she deciphers the clues and goes out to prevent the deaths of others. Meanwhile, the Stallion Lickity Split is developing feelings for Pinkie's darker half, and the Royal Sisters do NOT like Pinkamina messing with fate.

When Fluttershy received her certification as a fog specialist, she only wanted a plausible excuse to write off the expenses associated with her ground-based house on her taxes. However, when an accident in Cloudsdale sends a blanket of industrial-grade clouds rolling towards Ponyville, Fluttershy suddenly finds herself in charge of coordinating the response, mostly because she's the only fog specialist in the area. Can our heroine step up to the challenge at hoof, or will she risk facing the wrath of the Equestrian Revenue Service?

Artwork by Page Turner. Now with a TVTropes page!

When Pinkie Pie starts to become a tad overweight, and all her friends notice it, she is forced to do one thing she has never done in her whole life.... She has to go on a diet. It's just a small sweets diet. She can go a couple weeks without her regular amount of sugar.... Right? Actually, no. She can't. But she can try.

You awaken in a glade outside of Ponyville with no idea how you got there. Luckily, Fluttershy will make you feel better.

Dark, short and annoyingly vague.

Miss Cheerilee informs Applejack that she never passed elementary mathematics. Since every pony in Equestria is legally required to understand rudimentary math, Applejack must retake and pass a basic exam in order to avoid going back to school.

Sounds simple enough, right?

Sometimes, all it takes is a letter to let them know...

After an attempt at a triple sonic rainboom goes catastrophically wrong, Rainbow Dash wakes up on a beach with no idea as to how she got there, how she'll go home, or who the other pony towering over her is.

While Rainbow and her new companion attempt to answer the former's questions, Princess Luna goes on a mission to exact justice from the one who bestowed upon Rainbow the gift linked to the disastrous stunt.

Finally, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie use their connection to their friend in an attempt to find her, only for Fluttershy to find herself fighting to save Pinkie from sinking into a shattering abyss.

WDTP: S2/3

NOTES + CREDITS:
This is the first story overall in the Timeline-42 series, and is the first story of the Terminus & Exordium arc.
"Granfaloon" appears with permission granted by Alex Warlorn of Pony POV Series fame.
Most of the colour descriptions are derived from Procato's Color Map with Meaningful Names.
For best results, please read the next story of the trilogy after reading this one:
* "Ad Mortem, Ad Vitam"

After a visit with her closest friend goes horribly awry, Gilda deals with the fallout of her damaged friendship, spurred on by a confrontation with Rainbow Dash.

After nearly being mugged Twilight turns her considerable talent with magic towards self defense. When a fight with Luna goes farther that either of them wants it to, Twilight will need to find redemption in her new position as Luna's bodyguard and stop a conspiracy that wants to bring back a force more dangerous than either of them.

When Twilight Sparkle corrects the grammar of a short story Applejack wrote, she has no idea of the painful repercussions soon to follow.

Note: If you're confused, this story was originally posted by someone else, who thought I wasn't writing anymore and wanted to get my story more exposure, and felt the only way to get it past moderation was to claim to be the author and that I was a "pseudonym." We've had a discussion about that and I'm not angry about it anymore.