Twilight Sparkle Lost in Time

by Foal Star


Chapter three: Twilight meets her baby brother

Twilight who had crawled into her brother’s crib the night before, woke up with the sun rising outside the nursery window. She yawned and stretched her tiny limbs, then slowly turned to see her brother laying across from her, stuck under the sheets with a pacifier bobbing up and down in his mouth. He looked so cute, so chubby and plump, like a little white marshmallow with a tuft of blue for a mane and tail. She couldn’t help but admire the little colt.

Shining slowly turned to face the filly and, at first, was surprised. He took the pacifier out of his mouth and asked. “So um...who awe ya? I don’t mind shaving a cwib, but it’s weiwd having a foaw be hewe, especially a filly.”

Twilight gulped, being a bit nervous as she didn’t want to ruin the timeline she was currently in, and stammered. “Um, my name is Muffin Top, and...I...um got wost with a magic buwst.”

“Oh, weww, I Shiny Awmow, and I dun have cwazy magic buwsts. I make magic shiweds aww over ta pwace sometimes.” Shining Armor explained with a giggle.

Twilight was a bit surprised at how quickly Shining was adjusting to her as she giggled. “Weawwy, wittwe magic shields?”

“Yeah, tey wittwe blue magic shields tat get all over ta place. But I twying to contwow them.” Shining explained with a blush on his face.

Twilight turned around and babbled. “Tats cool, ta is wike a supew power!”

The colt was now getting excited as he took out his Brutus Force plush. “Really? Because tis is my hero. He Bwustus Fowces, and he a superhero. I wanna be just wike him!”

“Oh, tats so cool! Ya gonna gwow up just wike him, I know it.” Twilight added with a smile. She couldn’t help but think how cute her older brother was as a foal, something she’d only seen in baby pictures. But then the little grey coated filly suddenly squeaked upon seeing Twilight Velvet coming into the nursery with a surprised look on her face.

At first, Velvet blinked as she seemed still quite groggy, and then she rubbed her eyes and cried out. “Oh my! Night Light, come here now!”

It didn’t take long for the tired-looking stallion to come by next, yawning as he entered the nursery. He blinked, quite surprised to see the two foals, and gasped! “Oh, my goodness! Did we have twins?!”

The stallion’s wife rolled her eyes. “Of course not, this filly obviously isn’t ours, or I would’ve remembered giving birth to her.”

Twilight only stood there with a pout upon seeing her parents respond in such a way. She wished she could tell them that she actually was their filly but knew doing so would risk further damaging the timeline. And she didn’t have long to be angry as she was then picked up to have her soggy diaper changed. The little filly blushed as she kicked about in her sodden diaper.

Velvet couldn’t help but daww as she started changing the filly’s soggy pampers and getting her into fresh padding.

Shining was picked up next, and he looked a bit disappointed that he wasn’t changed first as the mare laughed. “Oh stop, Shining, she’s a filly, and fillies always go first. Besides, you’re starting to get a little big for diapers, and you know it. Another half a year, and you’ll be old enough for potty training.”

After Twilight’s diaper change, she was levitated down back in the crib while Velvet went about changing her son. Night Light decided to come over and got a closer look at the grey coated foal. “Um...she kind of looks familiar, hon. At least to me. Maybe it’s one of our neighbors’?”

Twilight Velvet nodded while strapping Shining in a new diaper and continued. “Most likely, the little one here probably just had a magic burst and popped right over here by accident. We both know how powerful shinings are, and that’s defense magic,” She then levitated both freshly padded foals onto her back as she continued. “Well, we can inform our neighbors and the guards nearby to help track down the little filly’s parents later. For now, though, let's get these two fed; I bet the little ones must be hungry.”

The mare bounced off as she headed to the kitchen with Twilight nuzzling into her mother’s mane. She and Shining were then placed into highchairs, and Twilight watched as her mom made some foal oatmeal and then started to feed the little colt Shining before she took out bottles and plopped them into their mouths.

Afterward, the two foals were placed into a playpen in the middle of the living room. As Twilight Velvet left to get ready for the day, Shining burped and asked the filly. “So...um Muffin Top? Wana see my bwock castle I made?”

The filly gave a nod as she turned to see a crooked tower made of wooden blocks while Shining raised his hooves and asked. “So, wha do you think? Is it coow?!”

“Wow! Yeah, it pwetty coow!” Twilight whispered with a sheepish grin, not wanting to hurt her brother’s feelings. She waddled over and gave it a look and asked. “So, how wong did it take ya to make tat?”

“Um...a few weeks ow so...anyways it not finished and Mama keeps fowgetting to get mowe bwocks fow me,” Shining mumbled under his breath. “I bet she keeps forgets on purpose.”

Twilight turned around as the filly felt that she would need her brother’s help if she were ever going to get back to her original timeline. “Um...I actuawwy need ya hewp with someting.”

“Oh yeah, wha’s tat?” Shining Armor asked as he started slowly placing blocks around the base of his tower. “Whenever somepony says tey my hewp, it’s awways so tey can twick me.”

Twilight gulped as she scrunched her padding between her legs and answered. “Well, I um...need hewp….I gotta get to Cewestia’s pawace and find...um...my mama, so I gonna need hewp.”

Shining suckled on his hoof for a second and replied. “Guess I can hewp...actuawwy, I have a fwiend tat wives tewe. I hew name is Candy, and we met a few times at ta pawk, she vewy sweet. I bet she can help find ya, mama.”

Before Twilight could respond, her mother came by, lifted the foals onto her back, and chirped. “Alright, you two, it’s time for daycare!” She then bounced off down the street.


The trot down the streets soon came upon the “Magic Daycare” As they entered, Twilight was surprised to see a younger Rebecca Pie. She was a bit thinner, and her mane was much more bouncy and curly. In fact, she looked around the same age Pinkie Pie would be in her timeline. The overexcited caretaker squealed as she bounced over. “Oh my goodness, look at these two! I didn’t know you had twins, Velvet!”

Twilight Velvet's cheeks flushed red as she quickly replied. “Night Light and I didn’t have twins. We just found this little filly in Shining’s crib this morning. We assume she accidentally teleported into his crib sometime last night.”

“Oh, dear, those stories are more common than you think. I’m sure you’ll find her parents; they’re probably looking for their little filly. I can keep her here until they come free of charge, The mare offered. “That way, you can look for the parents, and if you find them, they’ll know their little one is in a safe place.”

“Thank you so much, Rebecca Pie; please keep a good eye on her. And make sure she and my little Shining don’t get into any trouble.” Twilight Velvet replied as she lifted the two foals into the play area.

Twilight looked around the room, seeing it wasn’t much different from an earlier point in her past. In fact, she was surprised to see a good amount of colts here, a lot of whom she was certain would become royal guards in her timeline. The filly then turned to Shining, waddling over. “So, tey said tey gonna find ya, mama. Ya sure, tat going to ta pawace is a good idea? We could get in a wot of trouble if we go thewe.”

“Tey not gonna find my mommy hewe…” Twilight sighed as she suckled on her hoof. “I actuawwy come fwom a few years in ta future so I not been bown yet.”

“Oh!” Shining exclaimed in apparent realization! “Tats why ya gotta go to ta palace, to find a magic speww to get ya back to ta future. Otay tat sounds coow it wike a supew hewo stowie!”

“Yeah, so...ya got a pwan?” Twilight asked, loving how her brother was getting excited about this mission.

Shining tapped a hoof to his chin. “Weww ta caretaker keeps an eye on everytin. But whiwe we nap, she wuvs taking some of the foals into hew wap to dwink babas. While she doin' tat we make owa escape, is the pewfect pwan!”

“Otay ten, tat sounds wike a good idea,” Twilight replied cheerfully; the two waddled off as Shining showed her another tower of blocks.

“Okay. In ta meantime, come on and help me buiwd tis tower!” Shining declared. “I have been buiwdin tis one since last week! Wucky, none of the othew foaws have knocked it down yet like tey usually do.”

Twilight’s cheeks reddened seeing how her brother even had peed his diaper again, and he didn’t even seem to notice or care. But she still crawled over to join in helping her now “baby” brother in building a tower of blocks.


Just as her brother predicted, Rebecca Pie had two little foals in her hooves later, and they looked quite snug, suckling the formula down their throats.

Seeing the caretaker appear to be distracted, Twilight took the opportunity to levitate herself out of her crib, as did Shining, and they quickly escaped through an open window into the streets of Canterlot. They crawled through the streets, sneaking along the alleyways to avoid being seen by grown-ups.

The two foals eventually made it to the outside walls of the palace, and Shining shoved a hoof outward and stopped both him and the filly in their tracks. He waddled to the fence and spotted a pink coated alicorn princess wearing a pull-up (with Celestia’s cutie mark printed on the padding) sniffing the flowers and whispered. “Hey, um Pwincess Candy? We need ya hewp.”

“How many times I gots to tew you, Shiny?! I Cady, not Candy!” Candance snapped as she waddled over with a cute pout on her face looking a bit jealous. “Hewwo Shiny, wooks wike ya got a new fiwwy fwiend!”

“Nah uh! I, not his fiwwy fwiend!” Twilight cried out as Shining face was now a beat red.

“Ye...yeah...she um just a wost fiwwy who needs owa help.” Shining explained.

Cadence eyed the filly and asked. “Oh yeah, so what ya need help coming hewe fow?”

Twilight came forward and replied. “We need a speww fow me to go into future because I fwom ta future.”

“Weawwy? Tats coow! In ta future, am I fuwwy potty twained?” Cadence chirped out loud with an excited look on her face.

Twilight sighed as she rubbed a hoof over her face. “I can’t tell ya tat, can ya just take us to ta Cantewot Archives, pweawe?”

“Oh, is tat where Auntie Tia keeps ta time spewws?” The alicorn filly asked, now being quite curious.

Twilight nodded and continued to explain. “Yeah, I know whew’s to go, but we got to avoid guawds, and big ponies cause tey gonna stop us.”

“Wight! Besides, I supposed to be taking a nap, but I snuck out to pway in ta flowers.” Cadence replied.

Shining snickered. “Ya always do tat! Surprised tat ta Pwincess Tia hasn’t tied ya down in ay cwib while ya supposed to be sweeping.”

Cadence just scoffed. “Oh yeah, and awen’t ya supposed to be taking a nap too! Ya get more cwanky ten me, soggy butt!”

“Nuh-uh! I dun get cwanky!” Shining shouted back. “And I not tat soggy!”

“Yeah, huh! Ya soggy and cwanky wight now!” Cadence jeered. “No wonder ya not in puww-ups wike I am!”

Twilight sighed as the bickering continued for some time, soon becoming concerned that their shouting would get them caught and snapped. “Sweiouwsy, ya two, stop! We need to get going ow big ponies awe gonna catch us.”

“Wight, sowie.” Both foals replied as they crawled through a hole in the fence nearby.

Cadence held a hoof. “I know some secrets about ta palace, so ya two follow me.” The three then snuck through the palace, avoiding guards as they soon came upon the Canterlot Archives guarded by two pegasus guards.

The little alicorn turned to her friends and whispered. “I’ll distract tem while ya two get in, otay? But ya better be quick ow tey gonna catch ya two.”

The two other foals nodded as Cadence ran past the guards, who both groaned. “Not again.” They then chased after her, shouting her name and mentioning that she was supposed to be in her crib for a nap.

Twilight and Shining snickered as they snuck into the library, where they saw rows and rows of bookshelves.

Shining’s cheeks flushed pink as he whispered, “Sowie, but I can’t help ya hewe I dun know how to wead stuff wike tis. It got way too many big wowds.”

“Um, I dun know how to wead either; hopefully tey got picutwes.” Twilight squeaked, feeling a bit silly for not thinking this plan through. But she didn’t waste any time as she began pulling out books one by one, flipping through them for pictures in the hopes of finding anything to do with time spells while Shining found some ink pots and was smearing his hooves over some scrolls with the black goo.

Both were so intensely invested in what they were doing that they didn’t notice Celestia slowly coming in. “Oh my, what are you foals doing here? Don’t you know this place is strictly off-limits?”

The foals squeaked as they turned to face the princess, Shining holding up a scroll full of hoofprints smeared on with ink while Twilight tossed the book she had in her hooves and babbled. “I was umm...twying to go to the future ‘cause tat’s where I from. Ya gotta bewieve me!” The little unicorn then sighed at the fact that the princess of the sun probably couldn’t understand a word she was saying.

Yet to the surprise of both, she responded. “Wow..really? The future, you say? I would assume this all just was a game, but you don’t seem like any ordinary foal.”

Twilight was quite stunned as not only did Celestia understand her, she spoke back and squeaked. “Wait, ya speak, baby babble?”

“Well...yeah...after living for a thousand years, you can pick up on all kinds of things.” Celestia giggled as her cheeks flushed red. The princess then turned to Shining Armor, lifting him with her magic and cooing. “And I'm assuming you’re here to protect her?”

“Yep! I gonna be a guard one day and pwotect ya too!” The colt exclaimed, making the princess daww. “Oh, I bet you will, little cutie,” She then snuggled the little colt and then took out a book from the shelves. “There might be a spell that can help...ah, here it is! This spell can detect anomalies in the timeline and correct them.”

“Weawwy! Can tat get me back to my timeline?!” Twilight cried out, getting excited as she bounced on her padded rump.

Celestia nodded, “Yes, everything that you’ve done in this timeline will disappear as if it never happened so that everything will be back to normal.”

Twilight cheered, but Shining started to tear up. “B...but tat means I gonna fowget Muffin Top, she my fwiend.”

The little grey coated filly smiled at her brother and whispered. “Dun wowwie we um...gonna be very best friends in ta futuwe so dun cry, otay?”

The little colt nodded and wiped the tears from his face with an ink-covered hoof.

Celestia started to tear up a little too and cooed. “Oh, this is too adorable, but we should do this soon.”

“Right, I weady to go,” Twilight replied and closed her eyes as Celestia’s horn lit up, and the little filly was soon engulfed in white light.


Twilight woke up, hoping she would be an adult again, however when she turned to see tall wooden bars around her and felt something taped around her rump (that was slightly soggy), she groaned, realizing she was still a foal.

The little filly slowly turned to see her reflection in a mirror next to her, and her eyes went wide as she saw she now had a white coat, long wings and a longhorn with bright purple eyes, and a light pink mane and purple striped mane. The filly slowly got up on her chubby hindlegs and looked down to see her diaper had little sun prints on the padding. “Oh, no!”

She then turned her gaze over to see that her crib was right next to Celestia’s bed, where the alicorn princess was sleeping soundly. Twilight could only plop on her padded rump and cry out, “How did tis happen?!”