Movin' on Up
by Present Perfect
The earth shook. Trees uprooted. Fire rained from the sky.
"Celestia!" cried Twilight Sparkle. "What's happening?"
As ponies rushed helter-skelter through the streets, Twilight cast a concerned glance to her assistant. Spike had a far-off look in his eye.
"It's time," he murmured, explaining nothing. "It's come."
Casting her questions aside, Twilight tried to formulate a plan.
"If I could just cast a spell... But Shining Armor's protection field doesn't extend underground."
"Twilight!" shouted Rainbow Dash. "What's happening?"
As ponies rushed helter-skelter through the streets, Rainbow Dash cast a concerned glance at her friend. Twilight had a far-off look in her eye.
"I understand," she murmured, explaining nothing. "It's time."
Casting her questions aside, Rainbow tried to formulate a plan.
"If I could just go fast enough... But I can't Sonic Rainboom underground!"
"Rainbow Dash!" yelled Rarity. "What's happening?"
As ponies rushed helter-skelter through the streets, Rarity cast a concerned glance at the pegasus.
"Oh my gosh," she murmured, explaining nothing. "It's true..."
Casting her questions aside, Rarity tried to formulate a plan, but a brown hoof stopped her.
"I'll be in this fanfic now," Dr. Whooves said.
"Time Turner!" Rarity exclaimed. "What's..."
"Ah-ah!" Dr. Whooves stuffed a hoof in Rarity's mouth. "That's enough of that! Derpy!"
Derpy showed up. "Oh, Doctor! There's a huge green thing that I saw! It looks like a giant poop!"
"Thank you, Derpy," said the Doctor, exasperated. "That will be enough."
The ground beneath them shook, because it had been shaking this whole time. There really weren't any trees left, not even Fluttershy. I kind of forgot about the fire, so let's just say some things were burning in the background and leave it at that, okay?
"We, and by 'we', I mean all of Ponyville, is trapped in a time loop!" cried the Doctor with his voice. "All I have to do is jimjam some timey-wimey flippity-floop into the Tardis, and allons-y, we'll be fine! Or get blown to atoms." He tapped his chin. "That wouldn't be too awful, considering."
So then he did all that stuff and the shaking didn't stop.
"Well, isn't that a pisser."
Then there was a pop!
"Ah like Apples," Applejack drawled southernly.
From the center of Ponyville, a face appeared. It was big, green and covered in gems and derp.
"Drurrrp!" it said.
And that's how Crackle got a job.
HET NED