//------------------------------// // Gone wrong // Story: My Little Timeline: Rewound // by ChangelingProductions //------------------------------// No pony was meant to be in the barn. Not for the reason that the barn was old and falling apart, but due to its historical past. If you were to ask anypony about what that past was, they may not have any meaningful answers. The pink-haired pony began looking through the barn as if it were as boring as any old building. She occasionally looked down at the compass sewed into her sleeve, but it only lead her in circles. Finally taking a proper look around, she almost imminently saw something that caught her eyes. A dusty chest peeked out from under an oil-stained cloth. She gave a little chuckle about missing such an obvious spot before prancing over to it. Removing the cloth caused generations of dust to blow into her face, distracting her from the yealing outside. She fell coughing like death, as she reached into her pocket to pull out a face mask. It was only now she took notice of the age of this barn. On the outside, it looked cared for, but its neglect showed when one entered. Putting on the mask, she pulled herself back up and opened the chest. This time, she was ready for the explosion of dust that failed to enter her lungs. The mask kept most of it out, but she still covered her eyes. When it felt like the dust had settled she took a look down. The chest had only three objects inside; A duty photo album, an old yoke, and exactly what she was searching for. When she first came here, she was surprised to see the elements we're not with the tree of harmony. In this reality, it seems the six bearers kept them. She hunted the elements down one by one like a shadow in the night. Each one, she meticulously placed into the sides of a strange-looking black square. Each side had an element save for two. In the chest, an apple-shaped gem was lovingly tucked into a glass picture frame. The pink-haired pony picked it up, gave it a somber smile, then violently smashed it onto the ground. Only the gem laid unbroken. Pulling the box out of a pocket too small to have possibly held it, she placed the gem on an empty side. The gem fused into the box and began to turn gray and crackle with anguish. Only one side remained. The pony was wondering how she would get the last gem when she heard a yell. "What in my name are you doing?!" A little earlier outside the barn, the pink-haired pony had just entered the barn. Twilight struggled to get past her subjects who either froze up, bowed, or even began running up to her with questions. Some of whom did all three. Twilight tried yelling to the pony, but the crowd was too noisy with their excitement. "Please" Twilight begged, "Just let me past!" The crowd tuned out her pleas. Eventually, Twilight finally made it to the barn. As she did, a pony tried to grab her legs. Recoiling, the last straw in her patients finally snapped. "THAT'S IT!" Twilight yelled over the crowd. Twilight cast a magic barrier around the barn filled with annoyance. Even so, some ponies began banging on the barrier to try and get her attention. As Twilight entered the barn, Twilight felt waves of emotions. She could not understand why, but the barn made tears roll down her cheek. She looked around and felt empty. She took note of the dust and wounded when she last entered the barn. She was broken from her thoughts when she spotted the Pink-haired pony. The pony was next to an old chest, holding up some sort of thick picture frame. Twilight was about to call to her, only to be shocked quiet when the pony slammed the frame hard into the ground. Twilight's eyes widened and her jaw fell at the sight. This pony was destroying history as if it were a paperweight. The shock continued as the pony pulled a familiar looking gem from the rubble and held it in front of her to... well Twilight couldn't see what she did since the pony was facing away from her, but Twilight could feel it wasn't good. Deciding now was as good a time as any, she tried to calmly announce her presence... Twilight yelled at the top of her lungs "What in my name are you doing?!" The pink pony turned to face Twilight. They both stared... Twilight with a confused scowl and the pony with absolute shock. The Pony gave a louder gasp before rushing over to Twilight at hyper speed. Twilight tried to step away, but the excited Ponie was too fast. The pony snatched Twilights crown and ran back to her side of the room. "THANKYOU" She screamed at Twilight before placing her gem into the cube. She started making strange motions with it that Twilight analyzed and memorize. The Pink pony didn't seem to notice at first due to the distraction the cube brought. Twilight tried to think about what to say to do, but nothing came to mind. The Pink pony suddenly stopped what she was doing and looked over at Twilight. She looked Twilight up and down which made Twilight step back. "Wow, you're tall." She said. "Like, I knew Twilights could get tall, but in the name of space and time, you are tall." Twilight took a second to process. "Um... Thank you? What... do you mean by 'Twilights'?" "Oh right, you're not..." The pony got lost in thought before looking Twilight in the eyes. Twilight glared at her. "Hay you look at me like a stranger, don't tell me you've never met your realities Pinkie Pie?!" Twilight tilted her head and scowled. "Pinke... Pie? I think I know that name... You see I... I saw you earlier and-" "Ooopsie poopsie" Pinke said with a giggle as she went back to working on the cube. "And I tried so hard to not have you see me. I was doing well too! Like when I was walking with you on the way here, or yesterday when I snuck around your castle looking for your element. I have it now but still..." Twilight's eyes widened. This pony had... followed her? AND snuck into her castle?! This was a criminal offense. Twilight wanted to say something, but then she had a thought. She could barely remember why, but those gems were important. If this pony was messing with them, then they must be doing something important... That's when Twilight's brian clicked something together. She didn't remember where she had heard it, but there was this story. In it, a pony is distracted by her killer through seemingly pointless conversation. Twilight began walking towards Pinke as she spoke. "So... what brings you here?" "Oh nothing much, just working don't his silly old thing. Almost..." A sudden click sound is heard. "Ah done!" Pinke turned with a gun held in her hooves to see Twilight right next to her. Twilight blasted the gun and stared down with rage. Pinke gave a giggle when the box began to shake. The box began to levitate out of Pinkies hooves and spin. Twilight stared at it in shock. Pinke pulled out a strange device that seemed to generate a force field around her while Twilight was distracted. The box began to split open, revealing a glowing orb center. and absorbed everything in its path in a spiral motion. First, the color was stripped, then the object began to distort into it, ending with the object getting fully absorbed. Twilight screamed in agony as her color was ripped off like a bandaid. Seeing what happened to the other objects, Twilight decided to take a stand. Twilight aimed her horn at the box and began to release a powerful blast! At first, the blast did nothing as it hit the other elements. It did nothing until it hit Twilight's element. The black ooze that began to shoot out from the gem latched onto her blast. The black slime-like stands began to consume her blast as if it were a physical object. Leaching closer and closer to the source. Anti-Magic. Twilight may not have the best memory, but when it comes to magic she was an expert. Anti-Magic was a purely theoretical concept of a way to drain magic from something and release it into a sort of power source. So from that, Twilight could tell that whatever magic was in those gems was being pored into that box. More specifically, the contents inside it. Pinke banged on her forcefield trying to get Twilight to stop, cluing Twilight into knowing she was on the right path. She kept her beam focused. The Anti-Magic crept closer, but she stood her ground. Then the Anti-Magic from the other gems began to join in and leach towards her. It was only once the goop touched her horn did Twilight realize she could not stop her beam. It began to creep over her fur, and dig its way into her skin. One strand even attempted began to peel her eyelids open. When Twilight began to scream, the Anti-Magic began to enter her mouth. The ooze proved too much, and Twilight collapsed to the ground. The Anti-Magic was no longer safe, as it was pulled towards the box, getting absorbed by the bright core. The core got brighter and brighter until nothing else could be seen. Pinke began typing something on her tablet in a panic as Twilight struggled to move. Then the barn exploded. ...Chrysalis looked around for who through that at her head. Nopony was around, yet she knew it could not have just fallen from the sky. She adjusted her glasses and looked up. Not even a cloud stood above her. Mabey it was Discord or Shadow Surprise who did it. They were known for their pranks... no, this was too simple for them. Looking down, the object was strange. A black box with oddly shaped gems attached laid on the ground beside her. Chrysalis stared down at it as if it would vanish the moment she blinked. Shrugging the moment off, she used her magic to levitate the box into her satchel to be analyzed later. Right now, a strange box was nothing for the top student of Princess Luna to worry about.