The Chrysalis Airship, has just crashed, in Chrysalis's kingdom, a large green castle, with a Chrysalis statue like tower on it. Twilight and Rarity, dizzily exited the airship. Twilight regained her consciousness first, while Rarity bumped into her, and then regained her own consciousness.
"Ow... That airship, could use some seatbelts next time." Twilight said, while trying to shake off her dizziness.
"Not to mention, some airbags." Rarity said, while also trying to shake off her dizziness. Stuffwell then jumped out of Twilight's backpack. She and Rarity looked at him.
"It's just one disaster after another with you two, isn't it?" Stuffwell asked the two unicorns.
"Tell me about it. My hair is completely ruined, thanks to that crash." Rarity said, while trying to fix her mane, which has been slightly ruined, due to the crash.
"Well, my keen detection skills don't pick up anyone else in the immediate vicinity." Stuffwell said, which gave the two unicorns, a surprised expression.
"What?! Are we the only survivors?!" Twilight yelled out, in shock. Although neither Twilight, nor Rarity had much concern for Chrysalis, they needed to see, if past Monsieur Mane, and their past selves are alive.
"I will go check." Rarity said, before running back into the crashed airship. A few minutes later, Rarity ran out again.
"Did you find anypony?" Twilight asked in concern. Rarity however shook her head.
"No Twilight. I couldn't find anypony, in there." Rarity said in disappointment.
"Then... What could have happened to them?" Twilight said, before she and Rarity were in their thoughts.
"Perhaps they were all thrown clear by the crash, what with the destruction and exploding." Stuffwell said, which only shocked the two unicorns more.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT?!" They both yelled out in shock. But what Stuffwell said next, calmed them down a bit.
"Acording to my ultra-radar... A new time hole has appeared somewhere in this castle." Stuffwell said. Twilight and Rarity immediately calmed down, and then Rarity jumped up in cheer.
"Yes! That means we can go home!" Rarity cheered, while dancing around. They then looked back to Stuffwell.
"I think it may be advisable to find the time hole and return to our own time for a while." Stuffwell said.
"Why that's a perfect idea Stuffwell." Rarity cheerfully said, only for Twilight to lay a hoof on her back, indicating her to calm down.
"Rarity, we haven't found the time hole yet. But let's search the kingdom, and go home." Twilight said, while Rarity nodded in agreement. Stuffwell then jumped back, to Twilight's backpack.
"But i'm still worried for Mane, and our past selves." Rarity said in concern.
"Don't worry. We will find them, before we return home." Twilight said, before she and Rarity, began to walk through Chrysalis's kingdom. They encountered some Changeling guards around, and they were defiantly not pony friendly. They managed to either sneak behind them, or defeat them. They also saw some floating blocks around, some where purple, and some were white. Twilight jumped on the purple blocks, while Rarity jumped on the white. Some of the blocks, withhold either cupcakes, or some green shells.
"Why is there floating blocks around?" Rarity asked.
"I don't know, that's just how the games are." Twilight replied, which slightly confused Rarity. They both continued, until they reached a small bridge, through some green liquid. They walked through the bridge, until they heard a baby voice... But where?
"Rarity, did you hear that?" Twilight asked. Rarity nodded, and the two unicorns, walked to the center of the bridge, while looking around.
"Why yes i did. It must be our past selves." Rarity said, while looking around the place. They couldn't see any babies around.
"Now, where did the voice come from?" Rarity speculated, before a small falling spike ball, landed on Rarity's head. Twilight is shocked, while Rarity is rubbing her head in pain.
"OOOWWW!" Rarity yelled in agony.
"Are you alright?" Twilight asked worried.
"I'm alright. But where did that spike ball come from?" Rarity asked. Both were confused, of where the spike ball came from. They then decided to look up, and saw something that shocked them. They saw their past selves, on the ceiling. Filly Twilight tries to climb up, while Filly Rarity looked worried for her friend. But eventually, Filly Twilight managed to climb up, which made them both cheer.
"Fwilight."
"Warity."
"There they are. Our past selves." Rarity said. "Fillies! Down here!" She yelled out to them, which got their attention. The two fillies looked down, and jumped of joy, in seeing their future selves. Rarity took her hooves out, indicating Filly Twilight to jump down, to her hooves. Filly Twilight did so, and landed on top of Rarity, which made her slightly dizzy. She eventually shook it off, and looked at Filly Twilight, who cheered happily to her.
"Looks like, you're alright." Rarity said in relief. Then Twilight took her hooves out, indicating Filly Rarity to jump down this time.
"Okay Filly Rarity, it's your turn." Twilight said. She couldn't use her magic to help her down, since Filly Rarity's too high off the ground, and her teleportation will only weaken her, and needed to save her strength. Filly Rarity was reluctant to jump, and deeply hesitated in jumping.
"Come on! Please jump down." Twilight said, while jumping in respond, but Filly Rarity still hesitated.
"Twilight!" A voice said, which belonged to Stuffwell, who jumped out of her backpack.
"Perhaps you should use me as a sort of cushionation device. I am, of course, well padded." Stuffwell suggested to her. "Filly Rarity would likely feel reassured by the sight of my luxurious leather." Stuffwell said.
"That's a great idea." Twilight said. Stuffwell then jumped on top of her hooves, and laid down.
"Okay Filly Rarity, it's safe to jump now." Twilight yelled up to Filly Rarity, who now felt a bit more comfortable, she slowly climbed down a chain, until she lost her grip, and fell down in fear, while screaming. But fortunately, she landed on Stuffwell's back, just as planned. Filly Rarity eventually jumped down from Stuffwell's back, and then Stuffwell jumped down from Twilight's hooves.
"We have located and been reunited with the babies." Stuffwell said.
"Indeed we have." Twilight said in agreement.
"BACK TO ADVENTURE!" Stuffwell yelled out, while Twilight nodded in agreement. Stuffwell jumped back to Twilight's backpack. Twilight then looked over to Rarity, who still saw her, watching Filly Twilight.
"Ready to continue?" Twilight asked her.
"Ready when you are." Rarity replied. They were then about to continue their journey, and almost forgot the young fillies. Just as Twilight and Rarity were about to leave, the two fillies began to cry. The two unicorns immediately stopped, and looked back to their still crying past selves.
"Oh yeah. Forgot about that." Rarity said in embarrassment.
"Twilight!" A voice said, which belonged to Stuffwell again, who jumped out once again. "Allow me a brief apology. I was rushing."
"Yeah. No kidding that they're crying, right now." Twilight deadpanned to him.
"I forgot to mention... How to move as a group of four..." Stuffwell said, which made the two older unicorns a bit surprised.
"You see, the fillies are unable to understand my communicating... What a situation..." Stuffwell said. Twilight and Rarity then decided to cheer them up, and walked over, to their respective past self. Twilight thought up something, that could cheer them up, until she got an idea.
"Filly Twilight." Twilight said, which earned her past self her attention. Twilight then quickly made a silly face, which quickly cheered Filly Twilight up. Twilight then lifted up Filly Twilight with her magic, while giving her past self, a few playful throws. Rarity then looked at her past self, and decided to do the same thing Twilight did.
"Filly Rarity." Rarity said, but that didn't earn her past self her attention, but Rarity didn't notice. Rarity then made her own silly face, but stopped once she saw, that Filly Rarity is still crying.
"Okay... What to do... What to do?" Rarity said, while thinking of a new idea. She then got a new one, and spinned around like a tornado. It temporarily got Filly Rarity's attention, but then returned to her crying, once Rarity stopped.
"You want more spinning? You can have more spinning." Rarity said, and then began to spin even faster than before, which continued, until Rarity was dizzy from all that spinning. That finally cheered Filly Rarity up. Rarity shook off her dizziness, and then gave her past self, a few playful throws, just like Twilight does.
After playing with them a little, all four of them looked at Stuffwell.
"Yes, they are not helpless! I suggest the four of you join forces and move on!" Stuffwell suggested. Twilight and Rarity jumped in acknowledgement, and both were about to continue.
"Oh! Wait a moment!" Stuffwell quickly said, which made Twilight and Rarity fall down comically, and made their past selves laugh a bit. Then Stuffwell made a speech, for how they should move together, until he got to the part, where how they will move at once.
"Twilight and Rarity can give the fillies piggyback rides and move about together!" Stuffwell said. The ponies looked at each other, and did as told. Filly Twilight, and Filly Rarity climbed up, to their respective future selves, and were now getting a piggyback.
"Now then, let's go find our poor missing companions! BACK TO ADVENTURE!" Stuffwell yelled out. Twilight and Rarity jumped in acknowledgement, and then Stuffwell jumped back to Twilight's backpack. The four of them, now continued their journey together. They saw a door, with a blue switch in front of it. The switch also has four dots on it. All four of them landed on it, and the door opened. They then entered the door. They continued their trip through, where in some cases, they needed to send their filly selves up, and help them continue, by pushing on switches. They then reached a room, where a semi-old Changeling, was flying around, looking for someone.
"PRIIIIINCESS!" He yelled out. He looked further around.
"PRINCESS CHRYSALIS!" He yelled out again. He then notices the 4 unicorns.
"Ah-HAAAAA!! You! You little Purple and White insects! Didn't i try to kidnap you once?" He said, in a threatening manner.
"Insects?! That's so rude." Rarity said, while her anger were building up. The old Changeling known as Kamek floated further towards them.
"Yeah, I did! Boy, THAT didn't work out so well.... and you don't look quite so little anymore...." He said, while taking a closer look, to Twilight and Rarity. "And you're much hairier, too...." He continued, which made Rarity even more angry. He then floated beside them.
"Weird....but none of that matters! You like bothering our budding master of evil, do you?" He said. "Then I'll bother YOU up!" He said, before using his magic, to make a Changeling guard appear. It looked angry, and charged at the heroes.
[Enemy battle]
The four unicorns were ready to fight against a Changeling guard, while Kamek is floating around. Stuffwell then jumped out of the backpack.
"Twilight! Rarity! Have you ever seen a piggyback move in battle?" He asked, which the two unicorns replied, by shaking their heads.
"No. But how does it work?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, it is fantabulous! Let me show you how this works." He said. "Now, Twilight, you attack with a jump, if you follow."
Twilight did as told, and jumped on the guard. She was about to stomp him, until Stuffwell interfered.
"First, make Filly Twilight stomp first..." He said. Just as Twilight was about to stomp the enemy, Filly Twilight quickly jumped first, while Twilight makes a backflip above the enemy.
"Then you stomp now Twilight." He said, which Twilight did so. Once Twilight landed on the ground, Filly Twilight returned to the piggyback.
"Now, Rarity, you jump to attack as well." Stuffwell commanded. Rarity did as told, and was about to land on the enemy.
"Same thing: Filly Rarity stomps first..." He said. Filly Rarity did the same as Filly Twilight, and succeeded.
"Then it's you Rarity." Stuffwell said, and Rarity succeeded with her jump, and defeated the enemy. Filly Rarity then returned to her piggyback. Kamek then appeared.
"Heh heh heh!" Kamek grinned. He then send another enemy to fight. Stuffwell then made a new tutorial.
"Next, Bros. Items. When using these while piggybacked, you can use the help from the fillies as well! When using the Green Shell, use the help of your respective past self when the shell hits the enemy!" He said. "Yes, alrighty, Twilight. Attack with the Green Shell."
"Got it." Twilight said, while taking out a green shell. Filly Twilight jumped up on top of the shell, before Twilight began to kick it. Before the shell hit the enemy, Filly Twilight spinned the shell, which made the enemy take more damage. Rarity then kicked it back, while Filly Twilight spinned it again on impact. They continued until the enemy was defeated. Kamek then arrived again.
"AAAACK!" Kamek yelled, while making an enemy appear.
"Heh heh heh!" He laughed, and then disappeared.
"Rarity, why don't you try an attack with a Green Shell as well." Stuffwell suggested. Rarity did as told, and made a Green Shell appear in her hooves. Filly Rarity then jumped on top of the shell, before Rarity kicked it toward the enemy, and Filly Rarity spinned around on impact. They then repeated kicking it, until the enemy was defeated. Kamek then arrived once again.
"Yaaaaaaaaaack! How long do I have to do this?! I'm in a hurry!" Kamek said, while once again, making an enemy appear, and then a second one.
"Now then..." Stuffwell said, before returning to Twilight's backpack. Twilight and Rarity then repeated the same strategy, and defeated the enemies, the same way, with their Green Shell, and double jump techniques.
"You know, this actually works better than i thought." Twilight said to her white friend.
"I know. We actually make a good team, with our younger selves." Rarity replied. They have now won the fight.
[Enemy battle end]
With the enemies now defeated, Kamek decided to give up, and continue searching for Princess Chrysalis.
"PRINCESS CHRYSALIS!" He yelled out, while flying away.
"Well, we beat this ruffian." Rarity said in victory.
"For now at least." Twilight said. They then continued. On the way, they had to press on buttons the exact same time, which they needed to split up. They then arrived to Chrysalis's treasure vault, which was filled with gold, and diamonds.
"Wow. Didn't know Chrysalis was that rich." Rarity said in amazement.
"Focus Rarity." Twilight simply said. But then, Filly Twilight and Rarity discovered a special treasure chest, on the center.
"No you two. Were not taking anything from here." Twilight said, while noticing Rarity, hugging a few of Chrysalis's gems.
"What?" Rarity asked. Then Filly Rarity got close to the chest, and then opened it, revealing a special kind of gem inside, and looked very familiar.
"Huh? This gem looks familiar." Twilight thought. Then the gem floated up, then around the room, and then in front of them. Stuffwell jumped out.
"What do you suppose that is? It appears trashable, but... It may ALSO be something of incalculable value." Stuffwell said.
"More like charming value, don't you agree?" Rarity said, with huge fascination with the mysterious gem.
"I think it best that we take it with us and investigate further." Stuffwell said, much to Rarity's delight. Stuffwell then jumped back, and then the gem floated over to Filly Twilight's hooves.
"You got a sparkling shard!" The screen said.
"Maybe i can use it for my dresses, when i come home." Rarity suggested to herself. She liked the new gem. The gem was then putted inside of Stuffwell.
"Alright you three. Let's continue." Twilight said to her friends. They then continued further, and then arrived to a purple door. They opened it, and saw Monsieur Mane inside, with a safe Filly Princess Celestia, in his hooves. They saw him looking suspiciously at something, and to their surprise, it was the time hole.
"Twilight look! Mane and Celestia are alright. And there is the time hole!" Rarity yelled out in delight. Mane then turned around, and saw the four unicorns.
"All right, are you? Jolly good!" Mane said. Stuffwell jumped out.
"Twilight, Rarity... That's the new time hole. BACK TO ADVENTURE! He yelled out, before looking at Monsieur Mane.
"Excuse me Monsieur Mane, but wouldn't it be a good idea, to come with us, in that time hole?" Twilight asked him, which made him incredibly paranoid, of her idea.
"Pardon me? You say we should leap into that ridiculous hole?!"
"Quite so." Rarity replied.
"Absolute rubbish! Do you honestly believe that i would place the princess in such a reckless endangerment?" Mane asked, not wanting to put Celestia's safety at risk.
"Come on, it's the time to go back to our own era. This blathering nincompooter is just arresting our progress." Stuffwell said, which made the four unicorn mares uneasy, due to seeing Mane's face getting hot red.
"You... Why, you SCOUNDREL! How DARE you refer to me as such? And it's nincomPOOP!" Mane frustratedly said, while correcting Stuffwell's insult error. Stuffwell then jumped back to Twilight's backpack.
"Well, me and Rarity are going home. Come on." Twilight said, while jumping to the time hole along with her past self. She then floated around a bit, and then disappeared from it.
"Wait for me." Rarity said, while jumping to the time hole as well, with her past self behind her. She floated around as well, and then disappeared too. Monsieur Mane was now all alone. He then became angry.
"Halt! I say! What cheek! You, i dare say, are the true nincompoops! Come back here this instant!" Mane yelled out to them, and then jumped down the time hole, floated around, and then she and Filly Celestia disappeared in the time hole.
Twilight Rarity and their past selves on their backs, were traveling on a yellow and pink spiral like vortex.
"Equestria present. Canterlot castle." The screen said. Before a white glow came at the end of the time hole trip. All four of them were engulfed by the glow.
Twilight and Rarity then got out of the time hole, which was located in another part, of Canterlot castle's garden.
"YES! We are home!" Rarity yelled out in delight. Twilight happily sighed at Rarity.
"I know. Now let's meet our friends, and the professor." Twilight said, while all four of them, walked back to the castle halls. They arrived to the halls, and saw a few differences there, a few machine controls, and a tube, which withholded the green Shroob monster from before. They saw not only the professor, but also their friends, watching the machinery.
"Hey guys!" Twilight yelled out to them, which made the others look over to them. The rest of the Mane 6, jumped on them in cheer.
"Twilight! Rarity! You are both alright!" Rainbow Dash said happily.
"Oh, i was so worried, for you two." Fluttershy said in relief.
"I was almost preparing a 'farewell Twilight and Rarity' party!" Pinkie Pie said, while holding a few balloons, with sad faces on them.
"It's good that ya'r okay sugarcube." Applejack said, while patting them on their backs, and then something surprised the other Mane 6, they saw some fillies beside them, and both of them looked like their now returned unicorn friends.
"Hey now! Back at last!" A. Corns yelled out to them, and then jumped over to them. "Stuffwell informed me that you were bringing little fellers back with you to this time." He said, which confuses the rest of the Mane 6. "And just look at this, now... They're in purple and white! I am plump astounded! But then again, what else would the little fellers be wearing, huh? Still, it sure tickles me to see little bros. Teamed up with the regular big bros. !" He said.
"Ya have a lot of explaining." Applejack said, which both Rarity and Twilight nodded to her. The two unicorns then told them about their adventure in the past. They were surprised, that they were actually saved by Chrysalis from the past, and surprised that they have taken their past selves, back to the present. Fluttershy was the notching the two fillies, while Stuffwell has just jumped out of.
"Professor! I must inform you, Equestria of the past is in gargantulent trouble!" He said, which shocked the other ponies. Twilight and Rarity then told the others, about the Shroobs. They were both shocked and disgusted, of the Shroobs current actions.
"I so wish i could go to the past, and give those Shroob thingies a buck, right in their flanks." Rainbow Dash angrily said. She already despised the Shroobs.
"Me too. If i meet a Shroob, i will buck them, at the part where the sun won't ever appear." Applejack said, with venom in her voice.
"They are nothing more than big meany pants." Pinkie Pie said.
"Can't they just... Arrive to Equestria peacefully?" Fluttershy shyly suggested, despite already being afraid of the Shroobs.
"Hmm... So it's true. These Shroob creatures have made off with the princess, eh?"
"We've gotta do something! It's the PRINCESS, for Celestia's sake!" Rainbow Dash yelled out. A. Corns thought for a bit. While they talked, Filly Twilight and Rarity has decided, to watch the green Shroob, in the tube.
"Oh, i should have mentioned, Professor... We recovered this at Chrysalis's kingdom in the past." Stuffwell said, while taking out the mysterious gem.
"I feel shame that i cannot identify it. I have no similar records in my database..." Stuffwell said, while the gem floated on top of the professor, much to the other ponies surprise.
"YOWSER! That's a Cobalt Star shard! The time machine's fuel source!" He said, which shocked the Mane 6.
"That's a part of the Cobalt Star?!" Rarity yelled out in shock.
"Why was it in Chrysalis's kingdom?! And how did it get broken?!" A. Corns asked. Then the shard floated over, to the green Shroob, and reacted a strong magical energy wave. That not only made the Shroob react strongly toward it, but also shock both Filly Twilight and Rarity.
"Good gravy! The Cobalt Star shard is driving that monster crazy!" The professor said in surprise. Once it stopped, the Shroob stopped reacting to it, and Filly Rarity began to cry. Rarity quickly gave Filly Rarity a piggyback, in order to calm her down. The shard then landed on the ground.
"Hmmmmmmmmm... Could it be... Yep, it could!" A. Corns mumbled, before returning his attention, toward the Mane 6. "I do believe there's a link between the Cobalt Star and the Shroob marauders." A. Corns speculated.
"Maybe we can figure out how to defeat these alien Meany pants if we find more Cobalt Star shards!" Pinkie Pie suggested.
"Possibly..." Was all the professor said. Then the shard floated up, and then it reached an area, and made a time hole appear there. The shard then returned, and Stuffwell placed it back.
"That shaking... Was not natural. I'd wager a new time hole just opened here in the castle..." A. Corns said. "That Cobalt Star shard is reacting to the other shards that's scattered in the past!"
"And then we can find the rest of them. Great idea professor." Twilight said, while agreeing on the professor's plan.
"Twilight! Rarity! You youngsters get going and find those other Cobalt Star shards!" He said.
"What?! You can't expect Twilight and Rarity to do all the work right?" Rainbow Dash yelled out to him.
"Rainbow Dash, i know you're concerned, but i think it's best, that me and Rarity do it." Twilight said, which made Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy surprised.
"Remember, only unicorns, alicorns, and other magical beings can enter time holes." Twilight said, reminding them another reason why.
"Besides. Me and Twilight needs to watch our filly selves." Rarity said, while noticing Fluttershy playing with Filly Twilight and Rarity.
"Awww... They are so cute." Fluttershy said warmly, while gently tickling them.
"Well, i'm gonna continue my research of this alien predator. The rest is up to you unicorns." A. Corns said. Then Twilight Rarity their filly selves, and the rest of the Mane 6, walked over, to the next time hole, which is located in one of the bedrooms, in the castle.
"It's now or never Rarity." Twilight said.
"You don't think, it'll disappear again, right?" Rarity said, remembering that the last time, they jumped into a time hole, it disappeared from the ground.
"Don't worry Rarity, if it disappears, then we will find another one." Twilight said, which made Rarity less worried. The four unicorns then jumped to the time hole, and disappeared right from it. The other Mane 6 looked in concern.
"I hope they will be alright." Fluttershy said in concern.
"Don't worry, they're both strong, and along with their past selves, nothing can st..." Rainbow Dash was about to say, until she was interrupted, by a loud voice coming to the room.
"VILLAIN!" The voice yelled, which belonged to past Mane, who was being chased by present Mane.
"I daresay that IS her! That child you're holding, sir! She's the princess, is she not?" Present Mane said, while still chasing his past self.
"Keep your distance! You're not cleared to address her Royal Highness!" Past Mane yelled, while over protectively holding Filly Celestia.
"In the short time she's been gone, she's grown so small! THIS is why i was so opposed to that infernal time device!" Monsieur Mane said, thinking that the filly Celestia, is present Celestia. The chase between them continued.
"Someone! Anyone!" Past Mane yelled out.
"Princess!" Present Mane yelled out, while still chasing his past self.
"VILLAIN! Help! Someone! Is this castle deserted?" Past Mane yelled out, while running away.
"Princess!" Present Mane yelled out, while chasing his past self. The other Mane 6 were confused.
"What... Was that?" Rainbow Dash said in confusion.
"I don't know Rainbow. But i think we should keep an eye on those two." Applejack suggested. The others nodded, and then began to chase after them.