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// Episode 3: Welcome to the Future, And Maretime Bay 
// Story: My Little Pony: Sparkling Harmony: Future Incursion 
// by Captain_Cosmos 
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It was a beautiful day in the cute little town of Maretime Bay. Sun was shining, birds were chirping, ponies were out and about going about their business, and in an alleyway, Pedal was trying to pull an unconscious Melody out of a dumpster—wait what?

Pedal heaved as she pulled her unconscious sister out of the dumpster that they, along with their cousin Flurry Heart, landed in. “Nngh. Ok. Malnourishment is not ok and all, but at least if you were you wouldn’t be so heavy to get out of this garbage heap Melody.” Pedal remarked as she heaved one more time. “Whoa!” She may have heaved a little too hard because on that last heave, she lost her balance on the cardboard boxes she was standing on and both she and Melody tumbled to the ground. They landed in a thud and Pedal grunted. “Ow.”

At that moment, Flurry Heart, who was already awake, smiled and raced up to her cousins. Pedal glanced at Flurry and smiled. “We're fine Flurry.” She said.

Flurry glanced at Melody and her smile disappeared. She took a few steps closer to Melody and looked at her.

Pedal sighed and pressed a hoof against Melody’s neck to check for a pulse, which, fortunately, there was. “She’s still kicking Flurry. That’s why they called her Thunder Kicker before she became Melody. Because she can take a landing like what we had.” She explained.

Flurry smiled, and started nuzzling Melody in the cheek, trying to wake her up.

It seemed to work because Melody started to groan groggily. “Ugh.” Her eyes slowly began to open as her vision cleared.

“Melody? Melody, are you ok?” Pedal asked.

“Yeah…what happened…?” Melody asked groggily as she began to become aware again.

“I don’t know. But we’re definitely not in Detrot anymore.” Pedal responded.

“What?” Melody asked as she sat up. “What do you me—“ Melody stopped when she realized a few things, A, they were suddenly in an alleyway, and not in Aunt Night-Mare’s lab, B, she noticed that Pedal and Flurry looked different. Most notably they now had bare hooves. But the thing that REALLY scared her, was that she could ONLY see Pedal and Flurry. Nopony else. “W-where is everypony? Why do you two look different? What the frax is going on?” Melody was firing off a million questions.

“From what I can gather, whatever that thing was that sucked us in, dumped us here, changed our appearances…for some reason, and separated us.” Pedal explained.

“WHAT?!” Melody asked. “Separated?!”

“Yeah-Melody wait!” Pedal called out to Melody, who immediately took off galloping.

“Mom? Mommy Twi?! Sky? Anypony?!” Melody called out. Running out of the alleyway into the open.

Pedal sighed before getting Flurry on her back and racing off after Melody. She had a good feeling where this was going to go. “Melody! Get back here!” She called out to her sisters.

Melody didn’t listen as she continued galloping and searching for her parents, or any family for that matter. For every second she didn’t see any of them, she was becoming more panicky. “No, no no this isn’t happening. Mom! Mommy—“ Melody was cut off when she spotted a pony in the distance. It was a little far away, but Melody could see that the pony had a horn and wings. She smiled, thinking it was one of her mothers. “There‘s one of them!” She galloped off towards the pony.

Pedal was racing after her, and unlike Melody, Pedal had a clearer view of the pony they were approaching, and she saw that while yes the pony was an Alicorn, they looked nothing like either of their mothers. “Melody! That’s not—EEP!”

What happened next nopony saw coming. Melody wasn’t listening, all she was concerned about was getting back to her mother, and in her drive, she failed to notice a pad spring up from the ground. It happened so fast. One moment, Melody was running, the next, she was in a metal box when she stepped on the pad. The apparent trap was too fast and Melody slammed into a side of it. “Ow!” Melody cried. She shook the pain away and her eyes widened when she realized what happened. “Help. Help! SOMEPONY HELP ME!” She screamed.

From outside, Pedal reached the box. “Melody! Are you OK?” She asked

“Somepony help! Get me out of here!” Melody shrieked.

Pedal bit her lip as she started looking for a way to disarm the trap. She could tell what was happening on the inside, Melody’s PTSD from before she met their mom was firing on all cylinders. Good thing I can easily imitate Mom’s voice. Pedal thought as she, with Flurry still on her back, continued her search. “It’s ok Melody, I’ll get you out of there.”

“Somepony help me please!” Melody continued to scream.

At that moment, the trap suddenly deactivated and retracted back into the ground. Pedal stood back in shock as she, Melody, and Flurry all saw a pair of ponies smiling at them. One of the ponies, a Unicorn, smiled and waved.

“Hiya new friends! My name’s Izzy. This is Sunny.” The mare gestured to the pony next to her. “Are you lost?” The unicorn mare named Izzy asked.

Pedal and Melody blinked and Melody turned to the pony next to Izzy. She saw that it was the same pony she had been running to, the Alicorn, but she now saw that it wasn’t her mother at all. Not even a pony she recognized. “You’re not our mom…” She said to Sunny. Before anypony could do anything else, Melody screamed and bolted in the opposite direction. “STRANGER DANGER!” She cried.

Pedal watched her take off, before turning to the two adults. “Sorry about that, she’s not doing well right now.” With that, she bolted off after Melody. “Melody! Come back!” She called out after her sister, with Flurry still riding on her back.

Izzy and Sunny watched as the three foals ran off. They took a glance at each other. “What just happened?” Izzy asked.

“I’m not 100% sure. But we should probably go after them to make sure they don’t hurt themselves.” Sunny responded. With that, Sunny and Izzy took off after the foals.

And so a chase ensued. Melody was frantically weaving in and out of pony traffic, she wasn’t sure where she was going but she didn’t care. She just wanted to get away from the foalnappers! Behind her, Pedal was racing after her sister. “Hold on tight Flurry.” She told her cousin, who had her forelegs wrapped around Pedal’s neck tight. Pedal turned back to Melody. “Melody! At least slow down so I can catch up to you!” She called out.

Melody heard her, but her mind was telling her to do otherwise. “No! They’re after me!” She called back.

Grrr. Curse Sparky and Misty to the core. Thought Pedal as she continued to run after Melody. Flurry, meanwhile, was just smiling and giggling, clearly enjoying the ride.

Further along the path, an orange furred stallion with a sheriff’s badge was talking to a red furred stallion. Well, more lecturing him. “Listen Sprout, I have been telling you for two weeks now. The Pegasi and Unicorns are NOT our enemies anymore. You can’t go around arresting all of them without just cause!”

“They’re trespassing on Earth Pony territory. That’s just cause enough Hitch.” The pony named Sprout responded.

The pony named Hitch groaned. It had been two week since magic was restored and the three tribes became peaceful with each other again. And two weeks since Sprout nearly caused a war. Sprout, ever since then, had been ignoring the peace part and was randomly arresting both Pegasi and Unicorns for no reason. Something that Hitch was getting fed up with. “The mayor LET them come. Now either you stop it with these arrests or turn in your deputy badge!” Hitch growled.

Before Sprout could fire back against that, they both heard screaming. They turned their heads to see a trio of foals running past them. Sprout saw that one of them had both wings and a horn and was riding the back of an Earth Pony. “Eek! Pegacorn!” He shrieked as he bolted into the sheriff’s office to hide.

Hitch just rolled his eyes. “One of these days.” He commented. He saw his friends Izzy Moonbow and Sunny Starscout racing after the Foals. He raised an eyebrow. “Sunny? Izzy? What’s going on?” He asked.

Sunny and Izzy stopped and turned to see their friend Hitch. “We’re not sure.” Izzy said.

“A foal accidentally triggered a trap, Izzy let them out, and that’s when the foal inside the trap screamed and bolted away.” Sunny explained. “I think the three are lost without parents.”

“What?!“ Hitch exclaimed. He turned to see the three run off and his sheriff instincts kicked in. “Foals in danger!” With that, he races off after the foals. With Sunny and Izzy close behind him.

And so the chase continued. Melody continued to weave in and out of pony traffic. She was frantically looking for some way to escape. She glanced up at the sky, and that’s when it hit her. Wait a minute! I have wings! She smiled as she spread her wings and flapped them hard, she took off into the air.

Pedal saw Melody take off flying in the air and stopped. She let out a loud groan. “Are you serious right now?” She cleared her throat and yelled as loud as she could in the Royal Canterlot Voice. “MELODY SPARKLEHEARTS! YOU LAND RIGHT THIS SECOND! YOU AREN’T IN ANY DANGER!” She called out. She wondered if that was the best way to go about it but she didn’t have wings and she wanted to make sure Melody heard her.

Melody didn’t listen. She just kept Flying. At that moment, Hitch, Sunny, and Izzy skidded to a halt in front of Pedal. “Hey. You two ok?” Hitch asked. “What’s your name, where are your parents?” He asked frantically.

Pedal saw the badge on the new adult’s sash, he was an officer. “Pedal Medley, I don’t know where my parents are, and my sister, the one with a horn and wings, is currently freaking out up there in the sky. She needs to land before she hurts herself.” She explained frantically.

Sunny looked up and saw the foal flying. She glanced at her own wings and nodded. “Right, I’ll try to get her to come down.”

“Careful, she’s not doing hot right now so you have to come off as non-threatening as possible.” Pedal explained.

“Got it.” Sunny responded as she flapped her wings and took off. “Ok Sunny. You’ve been taking flying lessons the last two weeks.” She told herself. “This shouldn't be too hard.” She said as she flew off after the foal.

Melody looked and saw the strange Alicorn flapping her way along approaching her. “Eek! No!” She cried, her PTSD was STILL in effect as her horn lit up on it’s own and sent a shockwave that smacked Sunny right in the face.

“Gah!” Sunny grunted as she was knocked off course. She quickly steadied herself. “What is with this one?” She asked.

“Hey Sunny! You alright?” Came a familiar voice. Sunny glanced around to see her friends Pipp and Zipp approaching her, the looks on their faces said that they saw the shockwave.

“Yeah.” Sunny responded and Pipp and Zipp came to hover beside her. She pointed at the foal. “I was just trying to get that foal to land but I think something might be going on with them.” She explained

Zipp looked at the foal. “Where are her parents?” Zipp asked.

Sunny was about to answer, but from the corner of her eye, she saw the foal suddenly freeze, and then start FALLING. “Foal going down!” She shrieked.

Zipp saw the foal falling and zipped into action. She flapped her wings hard and raced to catch the foal.

From the ground, Pedal, Flurry, Hitch, and Izzy gasped as they watched the foal fall. “Melody!“ Pedal shrieked in horror as she bolted, racing to where Melody would land. She kept her eyes on her falling sister, meaning she saw a Pegasus swoop in, and much to her initial relief, she caught Melody and brought her down.

Zipp set the now unconscious foal on the ground just as a pair of foals raced up to her. “Oh thank Faust. Thank you so much!” The bigger foal exclaimed.

“No problem. Do you two know each other?” Zipp asked.

“She’s my sister.” Pedal responded and she looked Melody over. “Melody?” She tried to rouse her sister, but nothing. She gulped as she pressed her hoof against Melody’s neck to check for a pulse, which thankfully there was. “Thank Faust she’s alive. Melody? What’s going on? Why isn’t she waking up?”

At this point, Sunny, Pipp, Hitch, and Izzy had all gathered around. Hitch slowly approached the foals. “Ahem, can I take a look?” He asked.

Pedal glanced between him and Melody, before nodding and backing away slightly. Hitch nodded and got down to examine the foal. Right away he noticed the problem. “What in the world?” He pulled out a TRANQUILIZER dart from Melody’s flank and held it up. “Well this explains why your sister fell out of the sky. She was knocked out by a tranquilizer dart.” He explained.

“Tranquilizer?” Pedal asked.

“Yeah. Special chemical that calms the target and puts them to sleep.” Hitch examined the dart, before his eyes widened. “Uh oh.”

Pedal didn’t like the way he said that. “Uh oh? What does that mean?”

“This is an Earth Pony tranquilizer dart. The kind that’s never been used on any other species before.” Hitch explained frantically

“What does that mean?” Izzy asked.

“It means we don’t know how this affects any other species! It could be deadly.” Hitch said.

“DEADLY?!” Pedal shrieked. “Is my sister going to be OK?!”

“Oh I’m sure it’s fine.” Came a voice that everypony but Pedal and Flurry recognized. They all turned to see Sprout standing there with a tranquilizer gun strapped by his sash. “I doubt it’s harmful.”

Hitch saw Sprout with the gun and immediately figured out what had happened. “Sprout?! YOU shot that dart?!” He exclaimed.

“Yeah? So what? That little monster is calm now right? So we can safely bring her back to wherever she came from.” Sprout explained.

Pedal’s jaw dropped. “What did you just call my SISTER!” She growled.

Hitch turned to Pedal. “Don’t listen to him.” He turned to Zipp. “Zipp, get the unconscious foal to the hospital. Tell them she’s been hit with an Earth Pony Tranquilizer and she needs a medical checkup.” He said.

Zipp glanced at Pedal, who nodded, telling her to do it. Zipp nodded, scooped The foal up in her hooves, and flew away.

With the foal on her way, Hitch turned back to Sprout. “You shot a tranquilizer dart at a FOAL in the air and made her come crashing down. Do you have ANY idea how insanely lucky you are that Zipp managed to CATCH her?!” He growled.

“What does it matter? Sunny’s one of them too right? The foal probably would’ve been fine.” Sprout said.

“And what if she wasn’t? She was falling Sprout! Do you know what happens when a foal falls from great heights? They DIE! They can literally DIE Sprout!” Hitch shot back.

“But you heard the other foal. She’s alive.” Sprout countered.

“That’s irrelevant! You shot a dart at a foal in the sky, when she was FLYING, and if that wasn’t bad enough, you also used an Earth Pony dart! So she may be alive now but for who knows how long!”

“She’s probably-“

“Stop right there Sprout, I want you back at the sheriff’s office. And SIT there, I’ll be back soon and when I do I’ll be discharging you and asking you to hand in your deputy badge.” Hitch said. “Now go!”

Sprout just grumbled and left. Hitch took a deep breath to subside his anger, then turned to his friends. “With any luck, that ought to teach him to not do that anymore.” He commented as he approached Pedal and Flurry.

At this point, Pedal had been comforting Flurry, who saw Melody and was scared. “It’s ok Flurry.” She cooed. “Melody’s going to be alright.”

“The hospital will try it’s best.” She heard the officer say. She looked up and saw the officer smiling down at her. “Hello there.” He said. “Mind if you and I have a little talk? I’d like to ask you some questions about what happened today.” He explained.

Pedal gulped, before nodding. “Can you take me to the hospital to see my sister?” She asked.

“They’d need to run a DNA test to make sure that you are her sister, but once that’s done, of course.” Hitch said.

Pedal let out a smile and nodded. Flurry hugged her tight. “Ok.” Pedal said.

Pipp, Sunny, and Izzy all glanced at each other. All wondering what was going to come out of the foal’s mouth. Hitch smiled. “I know I asked you already, but what did you say your name was? And the name of the little one?” He asked.

“My name’s Pedal Medley. And this is my cousin, Flurry Heart.” Pedal said. “And my sister’s name is Melody Sparklehearts.”

Hitch nodded and wrote that down on the notebook he got out. “Great. Now, could you explain what happened?” He asked.

Pedal gulped. She could guess that what she was about to say was gonna sound crazy, but she really had no choice. “My sister, Flurry and I were visiting my aunt’s observatory, when all of a sudden…something sucked us, and the rest of our family in and the next thing Melody, Flurry and I knew, we were in this town, which I’m positive isn’t the town we were in two hours ago.” She said. “Is this Detrot?” She asked.

“No…this is Maretime Bay.” Pipp responded.

“And…something sucked you in and teleported you here?” Hitch asked.

“I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. I promise.” Pedal said, starting to freak out.

“Alright Pedal, remain calm.” Hitch said. “Nopony’s saying you’re not being truthful.” He explained. “Do you know where your parents are?” He asked.

“I don’t. Whatever sucked us into itself must have separated us and dumped us in different places.” Pedal responded.

Hitch and his three friends glanced at each other. If what Pedal was saying was true, these girls were without adult supervision. “I’m guessing your parents had no control over the separation.” Hitch concluded.

“They wouldn’t separate us if they could help it.” Pedal responded. “They’re incredibly protective of us.” She said.

“Who are your parents?” Hitch asked.

“My parents, and Melody’s, are Sparkling Medley and Twilight Sparkle.” Pedal said. “And Flurry’s parents are Cadence and Shining Armor.

At the mention of Twilight Sparkle, Sunny’s face lit up like a Hearths Warming tree. “Twilight Sparkle is your mother?!” She asked.

Pedal was taken aback by the question, but nodded. “Yeah. You know her?” She asked.

“Well, not personally, but she’s one of the most famous ponies in ancient Equestrian history!” Sunny explained.

“Wait, Ancient? Isn’t this the year 1003?” Pedal asked, confused.

“No, it’s 2022.” Pipp responded.

Pedal’s eyes widened. If what the Pegasus mare said was true, then she, Melody, and Flurry TIME TRAVELED 1,019 years into the future! “…T-that can’t be…” Pedal was taking deep breaths to remain calm. “Is Princess Celestia the ruler of Equestria? IS this even Equestria?!” She asked, becoming frantic.

“Pedal, please, calm down.” Hitch responded. “Ok, clearly there’s something going on. But to answer your questions, yes, you are in Equestria, but…we don’t know who Princess Celestia is.” He said.

Pedal’s eyes looked frantically around. Before taking a deep breath. “Can you take us to the hospital now?” She asked. Deciding that she needed to make sure Melody was ok before freaking out about the fact that they apparently time traveled.

Hitch nodded and stood up. “Sure.” He said as he gestured to the girls to come with him.

Sunny and Izzy watched them go and glanced at each other. “She thought this was the year 1003, Izzy, do you know what that may mean?” She asked.

“No.” Izzy responded. “What does that mean?”

“It means that Pedal, Flurry, and Melody could’ve been sucked into some kind of time portal.” Sunny responded.

“Ooh! Fun!” Izzy responded.

“Is it?” Pipp asked. “What if they’re STUCK here forever?”

“Let’s not think about that yet. Right now let’s just make sure Sprout didn’t kill Melody.” Sunny said.

“Right.” Izzy and Pipp responded.





Soon enough, Both Pedal and Flurry Heart were sitting in a doctor’s office with the still unconscious Melody. After the DNA test confirmed Pedal was in fact Melody’s blood relative, and confirmed Flurry as a cousin to Melody (thank Faust for Melody somehow obtaining some of Twilight’s DNA during that whole incident), the doctors let Pedal and Flurry in. The officer, who had introduced himself as Hitch Trailblazer, told the doctors that they were with him, to make sure they wouldn’t be bothered with the unaccompanied minors thing. Thankfully, the doctors concluded that the tranquilizer wasn’t harmful for Melody and she would be completely fine.

So while Flurry was playing with a little flashlight that Hitch let her play with, Pedal could finally process what was going on. “Ok. Ok, so according to Hitch, this is the year 2022, which means whatever that thing was took us 1,019 years into the future. Mommy Twi is considered ancient history. We have no idea where anypony else is, and worst of all, Flurry is here without adult supervision.” She looked over at Flurry, who looked back at her. She sighed. “Hey, Flurry, it’s going to be ok. We’ll find a way home.” She said.

Flurry smiled, jumped from the chair, and hugged Pedal. “Pedaw.” She said.

Pedal smiled. At that moment, she heard groaning. She whirled around and saw Melody stirring awake. “Melody!” She exclaimed as she set Flurry down on a chair and hopped onto the next chair to reach the examination table. “Are you OK Melody?” She asked.

“Ugh. My head hurts. Where are we?” She asked.

“We’re in a doctor’s office. You were knocked out during your PTSD attack. But don’t worry, I think we’re completely safe.” Pedal explained quickly.

“Right…I remember that.” Melody responded as she got up. “How long was I out?” She asked.

“I’d say two hours. But Melody, I got something to tell you. While you were out, I managed to piece together a lot. About what that sucky thing was, where we are, and WHEN we are.” Pedal explained.

“When? What does that mean?” Melody asked.

“That sucky thing that was a TIME portal, and it flung us 1,019 years into the future. The Equestria we know is considered ANCIENT Equestria. And it dumped us here, in Maretime Bay.” Pedal said.

“WE’RE WHEN NOW?!” Melody shrieked. “1,019 years in the FUTURE?!” She asked.

“Yeah.” Pedal responded.

At that moment, the door flung open and Hitch stormed in. “What’s the problem?!” He asked frantically.

Melody jumped as Pedal hugged her. “He’s not a bad guy Melody. I promise.” She said quickly in an attempt to curb her PTSD.

Hitch, taking in the situation and realizing what happened, relaxed and smiled. “I see Melody’s awake.” He said.

“Who are you?” Melody asked.

“Hitch Trailblazer. Sheriff of Maretime Bay.” Hitch introduced himself. “I had you brought here after you were knocked out.” He explained.

“Thank you.” Melody said.

At that point, a doctor came in, saw Melody awake, and smiled. After checking Melody over, he said that Melody was cleared to go with Hitch. Melody, Pedal, and Flurry on Melody’s back now, followed Hitch out of the hospital. “Hey Melody?” Hitch said as they left. “Mind if I ask you something?” He asked.

“Ask me something?” Melody asked.

“Yeah. I asked your sister about what happened today and she says you have PTSD? Is that true?” Hitch asked.

“Yeah.” Melody said. “It doesn’t trigger often anymore, but when I was trapped in that box thing, I panicked.”

Hitch sighed. “Yeah. That was a total accident. We’ve been working to get rid of those things for two weeks. We get accidental trappings from time to time.” He explained.

Melody let out a deep breath. “So nopony was after me?” She asked.

“Nah. Nothing but a misunderstanding.” Hitch said.

Melody smiled and nodded. Relieved to learn she was safe.

Hitch nodded and cleared his throat. “Anywho, now that Melody is out of the hospital, there’s something I need to talk to you girls about.” He said. “I think you all understand that you’re kids that are currently without an adult right?” He asked.

Pedal nodded. “Yeah. We know. We know our mom Sparkling Medley is out there somewhere, but we don’t know where.” She explained.

“Well, until she’s found, you’ll need to go somewhere you’ll have an adult with you.” Hitch said.

“Are we going to be able to stay together?” Melody asked, inching closer to Pedal, not wanting to be put in a different home than her family.

Hitch let out a warm smile. “Yeah. You’ll be able to stay together. Luckily some ponies have already volunteered to be your guardians.”

“Who?” Pedal asked.

“Hiya new roomies! Remember us?” Came a familiar voice.

Pedal and Melody turned to see four ponies approach them. Two of them, the Unicorn and the Alicorn, stepped up. “Hi there guys. Glad to see you’re ok.” The Alicorn said.

“Yeah. Who are you?” Pedal asked.

“I’m Sunny Starscout.” Sunny said.

“And I’m Izzy Moonbow! Welcome to the future! Sunny and I are gonna take you in until your mom shows up!” Izzy announced.

“Really?” Melody asked. “Thank you.” She said.

“This is going to be fun!” Izzy exclaimed.

Flurry giggled. Pipp smiled. “What are your names?” She asked.

“I’m Melody Sparklehearts, this is our Cousin Flurry Heart, and she’s my sister Pedal Medley.” Melody said.

“Nice to meet you three. You know Hitch, Izzy, and Sunny. My name is Zipp Storm.” Zipp introduced herself. “I caught you when you were falling out of the sky. And this is MY sister, Pipp Petals.”

“You three are simply adorable.” Pipp commented.

Melody and Pedal blushed. “Thanks.” They said.

“And thanks for saving me Zipp.” Melody said. “I really appreciate it.”

“It was no problem.” Zipp responded.

At that moment, Melody’s and Flurry’s horns lit up, and at that moment, three different planks of tree bark appeared out of nowhere right in front of them. For the moment, nopony said a word, before Izzy smiled. “Magic Tree Bark! Cool!” She exclaimed.

Pedal, wary, flipped the plank over to see if there was anything on it, and her eyes widened at what she found. “It’s got a message on it.” She looked around for a signature, and her eyes widened when she read the bottom signature. “It’s from mom!” She announced.

Melody flipped over her tree bark and saw the same thing. “I got one too!” She exclaimed happily.

“Does it say she’s on her way?” Hitch Asked.

Pedal looked at the message, and started reading.

“Kids,

I don’t know if this will reach you or not, but if it does, your brothers, Spike and I are alright. I don’t know how or why, but it was a TIME PORTAL that sucked us in!…”





“…it flung us 1,019 years into the future, where we won’t be able to get any help from anypony we know. But the important thing is that we’re all alive. I’m not sure how I know that but we all are…” Sky read hers and Sprinkle’s Tree Bark.





“…Spike’s firemail still works so that’s how we got these messages to you. I just want you to know that we’ll do everything we can to come and get you. Stay where you are. Try to stay safe…” Crystal and Mystic read.





“…And know what no matter what it takes, no matter how much time passes. Nothing is going to stop us from reuniting with each other. I’m not sure who we’ll find first, who we’ll find last. But we will not stop until everypony is accounted for. If any of you are with Flurry, I’m counting on you to take care of her. Keep her, and each other, safe. Just hang in there. We’re coming.

Love,

Mom, Lumber, Lightning, Trail, and Spike.”

Melody and Pedal finished reading their message from mom, and neither of them could contain their smiles. “They’re alive…”

“And they’re coming for us…” Melody and Pedal embraced each other. Hugging it out.

Sunny and her friends smiled. “Well, hopefully they won’t take too long to get here.” Sunny said.

“And in the meantime, we’ll take care of you! It’ll be a lot of fun!” Izzy exclaimed.

Pedal and Melody nodded. Flurry was giggling. Melody lit her horn and picked up the tree bark messages. “We’re saving these right Pedal?” She asked.

“Of course…if that’s ok with you two.” Pedal said to Sunny and Izzy. Recognizing that they may not want tree bark in the house.

Sunny chuckled. “We’ll find a place to put them.” She said.

Melody smiled and nodded. She admittedly still could not believe they time traveled, but her mom had never once lied to her. So she figured it had to be true.

Soon, Sunny and Izzy were walking with their new charges back to the lighthouse. Izzy eyed the lighthouse and had an idea. “Hey, I just got an idea.” She said.

“What?” Sunny asked.

“What if we sent a signal to Sparkling Medley? To guide her here?” Izzy asked.

“Like a beacon?” Sunny asked.

“Exactly!” Izzy responded. “Equestria is big. She probably doesn’t know where to even start looking.”

“True.” Sunny said.

“Can you?” Melody asked Sunny and Izzy.

“I’m probably not strong enough for that. But Sunny’s an Alicorn. She can do it.” Izzy said.

“I mean, I could try.” Sunny said. “I don’t know if she’ll get it.”

“It’s worth a shot.” Izzy said.

“Definitely.” Melody and Pedal chimed in.

Sunny glanced at the three foals, and nodded. “Alright, I’ll try.” She said.

“Thanks Sunny!” Pedal said.

Sunny nodded. This is gonna be interesting.





Far away from Maretime Bay, Sparkler and the boys were walking, after sending the messages, they just picked a direction and started moving. Suddenly, Sparkler felt a signal through her horn, she stopped and gasped as she looked in a specific direction.

Spike saw this and stopped. “Sparkler, what’s going on?”

Sparkler said nothing as she stared off into the distance, sure enough, another signal came, this time carrying a message.

“The girls are waiting for you.”

Sparkler’s eyes widened. “I think I just got a lead on the girls.” She said.

“Really?” Lightning asked.

“Yeah. I just got a message, It felt like a Horn Pulse. Come on, this way!” Sparkler said as she ran off in the direction of the signal. The boys followed behind her. Smiling as they held hope that they would reunite with the others.

To be continued…