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// The Strange Book 
// Story: Ponies in Time 
// by Akemimi 
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It was just another fun day in Ponyville- The sun shining, the birds singing along to the vocals of the fillies, and all of the ponies running around like parasprites. However, one pony, Silver Swirl, was trying to take off her Christmas decorations. It was a lot of work for just one pony.

"Gosh darnit!" She exclaimed, trying to de-attach a line of different colored snowflakes on her home. Silver struggles to keep her balance on the ladder. She finally gets the last decoration off of her home. Silver slowly climbs off of the ladder, standing underneath her home. She grins, knowing that she won't need to go up the terrible ladder ever again.

"So, I see that you've taken off your beautiful decorations," said a soft, shy-sounding voice.

Of course, it was Fluttershy. The yellow pegasus walked up next to Silver Swirl, smiling in her shy way. Silver smiled proudly, then sighed. "As long as it means that I don't have to get on top of that freaky ladder, then I'm good." Fluttershy rolled her eyes, then blinked a few times, for it hurt her eyes.

"WOAH!" A strained yell, followed by a streak of rainbow colors appeared and disappeared before the two ponies. The blue pegasus, Rainbow Dash, crashed into a tree, then sitting up and getting the bark out of her hair, she quickly ran over to Silver and Fluttershy. "Hi, guys! You'll never believe what I found!" she exclaimed, taking out a large book from her satchel. 

After a few looks, Silver Swirl broke the short silence. "How'd you find it?" Dash pointed over to the direction of the Carousel Boutique. "Over at Rarity's." She flipped through the pages, realizing that the book was divided into sections: G1, G2, G3, AND G4. The three thought that this was strange. And what did they mean? They would go to Rarity's boutique to show her.

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Meanwhile, a working Rarity was finishing a dress for Princess Celestia. It was a gold colored dress, with lots of lace and ribbon. Sparkles was what most of the dress had. It had been Rarity-fied. "It must be PERFECT!" exclaims a overworking pony, who decided that she needed a break. So she decided to spend it with Opal, who wasn't very happy when the unicorn tried to make her put on a dress.

A knock is then heard at the door, followed by Rarity opening it. Silver Swirl, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash, who was holding a book, are there. They greet Rarity in unison, then sit down to talk about the book. Dash explains everything to Rarity.

After some talk, a confused unicorn now sits in the room. Dash is flipping through the pages, and she tells Rarity about the sections. "These ponies don't look like us..except for the G4 section." Rarity looks over them, and her eyebrow raises. "This is a very strange book..we need a strange pony..er..zebra..to help us, and you know who that is!" 
Then the four ponies decide on traveling to Zecora's home.

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Halfway through the Everfree Forest, Dash, Silver, Fluttershy, and Rarity travel on the trail to Zecora's. Dash is in the back of the group, because she's too interested in the book that she walks slower. A few minutes go by, until a alarming voice from behind the front three ponies shouts. "WAIT!" They turn around, and realize that it's just Rainbow Dash. "Look at this picture!" Dash says, signaling the three to come. They do so, and look to the picture. "It says that it's Equestria..but it doesn't look like it!" Rarity bites her lip. "What is wrong with this book?" She slaps the book out of the blue pegasus' hooves. "Hey..!" shouts Dash, catching the book just in time. She holds it up again, putting her hoof on the picture. "I wonder," she says to herself. "what would ALL of this Equestria look like?"

This being said, three seconds later, the four ponies are surrounded by a funnel of dust, and other things, like branches, twigs, leaves, etc. Fluttershy's shrieks, and Rarity's whining was heard, but after that, all that was heard was silence. And all that was left was the hoofmarks ending, and Silver Swirl's bow.