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// Meeting a past legend 
// Story: Destiny or Coincidence? 
// by TalB 
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The Mane 7 headed towards the site of Paradise Estate, and Twilight read the spell that not only broke the barrier but made the Rainbow Bridge visible again.

At first Rainbow Dash thought, "Perhaps I should cross it since it was my ancestor, Firefly, that did it."

Twilight responded while making a chuckle, "Maybe you can get Megan to rescue you the same way she did to your ancestor by falling down a well, because like her you sometimes don't see where you're flying at times."

The rest of the group laughed while Rainbow Dash felt embarrassed about it.

"Seriously, it should be me since I was the one who found about it and will be able to cross this bridge." said Twilight.

Fluttershy thought by saying, "Isn't there a chance that she might confuse you for your ancestor?"

Twilight responded by saying, "I will have to explain to her that I'm not the pony she was expecting to see and that times have changed."

Applejack then though of this, "What if she doesn't want to come back anymore?"

Twilight said in response, "Hopefully I can convince her if that's the case, but it might not be that easy if she's not the same age she was when she last came to Ponyland."

Twilight flew across the Rainbow Bridge and found her way heading towards her ranch.  As she walked up, she noticed a blond cowgirl with a hairbow taking care of a pony and tried to make small talk with her by saying, "It must be something to be taking care of a pony."

The cowgirl responded but didn't face her and said, "Sometimes this isn't easy work."

"I wonder if you ever wish you could go back to a place you haven't been for years." said Twilight

"Part of me would always love to go back to a place where I actually felt like someone important for once compared to what I have to deal with here, but that's all in the past." replied the cowgirl still not facing Twilight.

"What if I could make that happen for you again?" said Twilight, "Your name doesn't happen to be Megan Williams who is the savior of Ponyland and the keeper of the Rainbow of Light?"

The cowgirl then felt the locket from under her shirt with her back still facing Twilight and asked, "How do you know any of this or even my name?"

"Just turn around and your question will be answered." said Twilight.

The cowgirl now faces Twilight and is very surprised in seeing her, but at the same time can't seem to understand why she looks the way she does.

"Twilight is that you, because you look a lot different the last time you helped me free the other ponies from Tirac back at Midnight Castle.  However, I never remembered you being able to cross the Rainbow Bridge due to your inability to fly, though you could have always just teleported by wishing for it?" said Megan.

"I'm not the Twilight you remember, my name is Twilight Sparkle and I'm her descendant as the one you know hasn't been around for thousands of years."

Megan responded, "Twilight Sparkle, how does this make any sense especially when I was only in Ponyland only a few a years ago?"

Twilight answered back, "First of all, you can just call me Twilight and what you don't know is that time you spent in Ponyland, which is now known as Equestria, moves more slower than in your world."

"I'm starting to feel like a Digidestined who entered the Digital World in Digimon only to find out that hardly any time as passed back when I came back."

Twilight then asked, "What is this Digimon you speak of?"

"I only said it because of your statement about time passing Ponlyand (now Equestria) reminded me of that," said Megan, "It's a show on TV I remembered watching back during most of the 2000s.  I loved that show a lot even though Danny and Molly where Pokemon fans.  They would constantly call it a rip-off despite never finding any proof as well as only seeing certain episodes just to call them Pokemon names."

"Unfortunately, we don't get this TV you speak of back in Equestria either, so I would never what you were just talking about." said Twilight.

"Here I thought about a thousand years later, you ponies would have the same technology that we humans would have by now." said Megan.

Twilight then said, "Sorry, but we're not that advanced.  On one occasion I once crossed a portal to become something similar to you humans, and I had to admit I saw a lot of things there I have never seen before such as a computer or a copy machine.  When I went back the second time, I got something called a cell phone that I had to learn how to use in order to communicate with Sunset Shimmer and the other friends I made there while being there."

"You mean like the cell phone I have right now?" said Megan.

"Exactly like that." said Twilight.

Megan that looked further at Twilight and noticed, "You look pretty evolved because I have never before seen a pony from your world before with both wings and a horn in that they usually had one or the other or sometimes neither."

Twilight mentioned, "That's because I'm an alicorn, though I wasn't always this way from start as I was a unicorn originally, but then I later on got changed to this thanks to Princess Celestia due to understanding friendship so much."

Megan being surprised at Twilight's statement said, "Did you just say Princess Celestia and is her sister Luna one as well?"

"Yes, and why do you ask that question, Megan?" said Twilight

As Megan responded, "That's because I haven't seen her and Luna since they were fillies back when they were brought to Paradise Estate, and I never knew they got fully grown and became princesses."

"Don't forget that they are also alicorns at least to my knowledge." said Twilight.

"What about Luna?" said Megan.

"Princess Luna has actually gone into your dreams every now and then and knows that you wished one day that you could come back." said Twilight.

Megan was then thinking, "How come I have never noticed her in my dreams?"

Twilight answered with saying, "That's because if she doesn't interfere with anyone's dreams, nobody will ever know that she is there in the first place."

As Megan answered back, "I find that strange because I didn't notice them with wings the last time, I saw them. Then again, I guess that alicorns aren't exactly natural unlike the other three types of ponies."

Twilight then said, "For the most part we aren't natural, we are just granted this, and Princess Cadence, who is also my sister-in-law, is one to, though she was originally a pegasus unlike me."

"Could any pony become an alicorn?" asked Megan.

"I guess in theory any pony can become an alicorn no matter who they are, but I have still yet to hear of an earth pony becoming one especially since they don't have wings or a horn, though that doesn't mean that they can't achieve this." said Twilight.

"Nonetheless, how did you find out about me?" asked Megan.

Twilight then answered, "I found out when I was reading a secret book about you and what you did when you last came to my world."

Megan explained to Twilight, "The reason I came to Ponyland in the first place was because I heard someone fall down a well and found out it was a pegasus pony named Firefly who asked me to join her in rescuing her friends over at Midnight Castle."

"Was there something wrong with that?" asked Twilight

Megan then explained to Twilight, "In reality, I only became this savior by accident, and I may not have been the one she was actually looking for especially for feeling as if I was just in wrong place at the wrong time."

Twilight then stated, "Megan, even if that was the case, you still did what you had to do for the ponies at that time and that's what really mattered.  Also, I'm sure many become a hero or savior by accident be it my world or yours."

Megan then said, "Well Twilight, I can't say that I didn't enjoy my time in Ponyland."

"What about the Rainbow of Light?" asked Twilight, "Do you still have that or is that gone forever?"

"As a matter of fact, it's still with me," said Megan showing Twilight the locket from being under her shirt, "However, my guess is that one of the ponies from the time must have left it at my door in a bag with a note saying that I need to guard it with my life, which is why I take it everywhere I go.  However, I don't know why that was the case or even why they just left it there and ran away without me ever noticing them being here."

Megan then thought, "As much as I would love to go back to what's now Equestria, I'm not sure how I will fit in especially since I haven't been back there in a long time. The last time I was there was when I had to help a unicorn named Mimic with special golden horseshoes to help her from fading away.  Since then, it didn't seem like they needed me again."

Twilight answered, "I'm sure even with the new ponies, you can fit right in with them."

Megan said in response, "Would the new ponies even accept me even if they don't know anything about me?"

"I'm certain they will once they get to know you," said Twilight, "More importantly, you should come back, because both Celestia and Luna want to tell you what happened to Ponyland after you no longer came back and feel that you should know mainly due to the fact that you weren't there when it happened."

As Megan replied, "Alright, you have convinced me to go back to Equestria with you."

Twilight then thought she could have a conversation with TJ, Megan's pony, but Megan explained, "Sorry Twilight, but TJ is just a normal pony, so he won't be able to talk to you."

"I know some magic that can make him talk." said Twilight.

"I would rather you not, because if it will be permanent, many will find it strange if any horses here can talk.  Just having you here alone means that you could be taken and placed under an operating table to be dissected and possibly killed in the process." said Megan.

Twilight then understood what Megan was saying and decided not to do that and then said, "Hop on and I will take you to Equestria to meet my friends and everyone else who is there."

After Twilight was able to convince Megan to return with her, the two went flying over the top of the Rainbow Bridge and back into Equestria.