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// Episode 6: Upgrade 
// Story: My Little Pony: Sparkling Harmony: Future Incursion 
// by Captain_Cosmos 
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Sunny Starscout was up early in the morning, working hard in the kitchen to make breakfast for her, Izzy, who had moved in with her two and a half weeks ago, and Melody, Pedal, and Flurry after sending out the morning beacon for Sparkling Medley and her group. It had been a few days since she and Izzy took the fillies in so they wouldn’t be homeless while they waited for their mom. Sunny smiled at the thought. “Heh. Who’d have thought that we’d get three accidental time travelers here.” She mused. She smiled thoughtfully as she thought back to the adventure that resulted in Izzy moving in with her. They had met when Izzy came to Maretime Bay, starting a panic in town, but ultimately Izzy turned out to be a really nice pony and together, they were able to not only bring magic back to the world, but also restore peace between the three tribes. After the adventure, Sunny and Izzy decided to move in together in the Lighthouse…once the damage Sprout did to it was fixed of course. Sunny rolled her eyes when Sprout came up in her thoughts. “He’s SO lucky Zipp caught Melody.” She said.

True to his word, Hitch discharged him and confiscated his deputy badge. Now, she did feel a little bad for Sprout but he also deserved it for all the trouble he had been causing lately. “One of these days, we’ll get him to see that Unicorns and Pegasi aren’t the enemy.”

At that moment, Sunny heard a cheerful voice. “Morning Bestie!” Izzy said as she bounced into the kitchen.

“Morning Izzy.” Sunny said. “Are the fillies up yet?” She asked.

“Nah. They’re still out like lights. Guess we had too much fun last night.” Izzy said.

“Or maybe Flurry kept waking them up.” Sunny suggested.

“That could be it too.” Izzy responded. “Huh, it’s weird. Usually the adults are the ones taking care of the baby, but Pedal and Melody have it covered.” She commented.

“Well Flurry is their cousin. They know better than us how Flurry is.” Sunny said.

“Yeah. But still. They’re very mature for their age.” Izzy commented.

Sunny smiled and nodded. It was true. The fillies had been nothing but pure angels, and would always offer to help around the house. More than the typical foal would. “Clearly they have good parents.” She said.

“Absolutely.” Izzy responded. “Heh. Imagine if WE had kids one day. Think they’d be angels like the three fillies currently in the guest room?” Izzy asked.

At that, Sunny was so stunned that she dropped whatever she was holding and stared at Izzy in shock. “U-us?!” She asked, blushing.

“Uh huh. You and I would be great parents.” Izzy said.

Sunny didn’t know how the heck to respond to that. Sure. Izzy could be a bit strange, but never once had Izzy made a comment like THAT. Where in Equestria did THAT come from?! She thought.

At that moment, they heard crying coming from upstairs. Sunny realized that among the things she had dropped, there was a pan that clearly made a loud bang and woke Flurry up. “Darn it.” Sunny commented as she raced up the stairs and opened the door to the guest room. Inside, she saw Pedal already trying to hush Flurry and Melody getting out of bed.

“Hey, Flurry, it’s ok, it’s ok. Nothing’s wrong.” She cooed.

Flurry didn’t calm down and continued to cry. Sunny was about to step in to try and help but Melody spoke up. “Here, let me try.” She cleared her throat, and started to sing.

🎶Hush now quiet now
Everything is A-ok

Hush now quiet now
There’s no need to weep 🎶

During Melody’s lullaby, Flurry actually calm down and after seeing her two cousin’s smiles, smiled herself.

Sunny smiled, thankful that the crisis was averted. “Good thinking Melody.” She commented.

Melody and Pedal jumped and turned to see Sunny standing at the door. “Oh, Sunny. Good morning.” Melody said.

“You wouldn’t happen to know what that sound was?” Pedal asked.

“That was my fault for accidentally dropping a pan while making breakfast. Sorry.” She said.

“It’s fine.” Pedal said. “Accidents happen.

Sunny nodded and gestured for them to follow her. “Anywho, breakfast is ready.” She said.

Melody and Pedal nodded as they and Flurry, who had taken to riding on Medley’s back, followed Sunny downstairs to the kitchen. Where Izzy was floating the plates of pancakes onto the table. She glanced up and saw the three and smiled. “Morning girls!” She exclaimed. “How’d you sleep last night?” She asked.

“Flurry woke us up a few times.” Pedal said.

“But overall alright.” Melody said.

“Great!” Izzy responded. “Anywho, breakfast today is Pancakes with syrup, and for Flurry.” She lit her horn and summoned a milk bottle from the microwave. “A nice warm bottle of milk.”

Melody smiled and took the bottle in her own magic. “Thanks.” She said.

Pedal and Melody took their seats along with Sunny and Izzy, and they started to eat. Flurry happily took the bottle in her hooves and started sucking on the lid drinking the milk while the rest ate their pancakes.

After a moment, Sunny spoke up. “So, do you girls want to do anything today?” She asked.

“Huh?” Melody and Pedal asked.

“What do you girls want to do today? I mean, we gotta do SOMETHING to pass the time while we wait for your mother to show up.” Izzy explained.

Melody and Pedal blinked and glanced at each other. Izzy had a point. They basically had nothing to do besides taking care of Flurry, who had been fairly easy so far, so that left time to do things. “Could we explore Maretime Bay?” Melody asked.

“Cool idea! There’s plenty of fun things to do here. Let’s go out on a day trip exploring!” Izzy responded.

“Sounds like a plan.” Sunny responded.

They continued to eat their breakfast. When they were just about done, Flurry giggled, her horn lit up, and with a single puff of magic gold smoke, Flurry disappeared. When the smoke cleared, Melody, Pedal, and Sunny and Izzy stared at the empty space she had previously occupied. Pedal, after getting over her shock, groaned loudly. “Oh for Faust’s sake Flurry Heart! Now is SO not the time to randomly teleport away!” She said.

“Has she done that before?” Izzy asked.

“Aunt Cadence and Uncle Shining say she teleports away often. And this time she could actually be lost.” Melody explained.

“Sounds like we better go find her.” Sunny said.

“Ya THINK?!” Pedal asked as she got up out of her seat and started racing around the house trying to find Flurry. Melody, Izzy and Sunny followed suit. After a bit, they turned up with nothing

“Great. So if nopony found her here that means she’s outside somewhere. In total stranger danger land.” Melody said.

“We better find her quick then.” Izzy said.

Pedal and Melody nodded and they all bolted out the door. Sunny and Melody took to the sky to look from the air, while Pedal and Izzy took the ground route.





Sprout was sitting at an outside table at a cafe, eating a hayburger, for breakfast. While he ate he was grumbling to himself. “Grr. Stupid Pegasi, Stupid Unicorns. If they hadn’t come I’d still be a Deputy.” He commented. “And Stupid PegaCorns for being both.” He added. It had been a few days but the loss of his job still left a bad taste in his mouth. He didn’t even do anything wrong. And the filly didn’t die. What was the big deal with the tranquilizer? He rolled his eyes and continued to eat his food, before gold smoke suddenly erupted from nowhere. Sprout coughed out and waved the smoke away, to see a little white filly sitting on his table.

While Sprout noticed the horn and wings and was immediately frozen in fear and shock, Flurry took one good look at him. And frowned. She recognized Sprout as the pony that nearly killed her cousin the other day. Before Sprout could do or say anything, Flurry looked him right in the eye, and proceeded to SPIT on him, and his hayburger. “No.” She told him.

The spit touched Sprout and his food and that snapped Sprout out of his shock and he shrieked. “Eek! Pegacorn!” He stumbled out of his seat and bolted away from the table.

Flurry smiled, and stuck her tongue out Sprout’s way. She then giggled.

“Hey! What’s going on here?” Asked a familiar voice. Flurry turned to see Hitch had approached the table.

Hitch was doing his morning patrol rounds when he saw Sprout scream and bolt away from the table, he then noticed Flurry Heart sitting on the table. He quickly approached Flurry. “Flurry?” He asked. “What are you doing here? Where’re Pedal and Melody?” He asked.

“Something wrong Hitch?” Zipp asked. She landed beside him. “Anything you need temporary deputy Zipp to help with?”

“Nah. Flurry Heart here just must’ve gotten out.” Hitch explained.

“Flurry Heart!” They both heard Melody shout. Hitch and Zipp turned to see Melody land.

Flurry smiled and jumped off the table and into Melody’s forelegs. Melody caught her cousin and hugged her tight. “Flurry. Don’t teleport off like that. Especially when we’re in stranger danger land.” She told Flurry.

“She scared Sprout off.” Zipp said with a chuckle. “Maybe she’s mad about what Sprout did.”

Melody looked up, and saw Hitch and Zipp there. “Oh, Sheriff Hitch, Ms. Zipp, good morning.” She said.

“Morning kid.” Zipp responded.

“Would you mind explaining how you lost Flurry?” Hitch asked.

“We were eating breakfast, and she just teleported out. She does that from time to time.” Melody explained.

“And we need to find a way to cork that behavior before she lands herself in really deep trouble.” Said the voice of Pedal.

Pedal, Izzy, and Sunny all gathered around them and Pedal walked up to Melody and Flurry. “Flurry. You can’t do that. 1003 Crystal Empire may be safe for you to do that but not here. Because we have NO way to tell where you went.” She told Flurry.

“There is a way to solve that.” Zipp commented.

“There is?” Sunny, Izzy, and Hitch responded.

Zipp nodded. “Yeah. Chip her.” She said.

“Chip her?” Melody asked.

“Yeah. Here in the future, we have the technology available that we know where anypony is at all times.” Zipp explained.

“Well that sounds invasive.” Pedal commented.

Zipp shrugged. “Eh, it’s mainly aimed towards families so their children would be safe or valuable items that they don’t want stolen.”

Pedal and Melody glanced at each other. “…Should we?” Melody asked.

“It sounds like it would help us locate her quickly…” Pedal responded.

“I can take you to Pipp. She’s more tech savvy than me so she can probably help ya out.” Zipp offered.

Pedal and Melody glanced around their new friends.





“So Flurry teleported away and now you’re thinking of chipping her so you guys can locate her faster in the future?” Pipp asked. Zipp had brought the girls, and Sunny, Izzy, and Hitch, to the house she and Pipp had recently moved into in Maretime Bay, where Pedal and Melody explained the situation to Pipp, while Flurry was currently playing around with the flashlight from Hitch’s sash, which she thankfully couldn’t turn on.

“Yeah. That’s pretty much it.” Pedal said.

Pipp smiled widely and beamed. “Well, I guess this is the perfect opportunity to show ya what I picked up for you guys in Zephyr Heights.” She said as she trotted over to a bag on the counter and pulled out two small boxes. “Communication and staying in touch is VERY important. Especially in your guys’ situation. So while I was back in Zephyr Heights, I went and picked up PonyPhones for you and your family.” She explained. “I mean, once they get here of course.” She added.

Pedal and Melody both blinked. “You got PonyPhones for us?” Pedal asked.

“Remember what I said about communication? Considering what happened to you you can’t rely on magic. But what you can rely on is the power of technology to stay connected to each other.” Pipp said. “These things will allow you to stay in touch over long distances, as if you’re physically next to each other.”

“Ooh.” Melody said. She flapped her wings and flew up so she could see the phones. “Fancy.”

“They also have a feature where they’ll track any chip they’re paired with. So only you have Flurry’s exact location.” Pipp explained.

“Now that’s handy.” Pedal responded.

Pipp smiled. “So, how would Flurry like a new bow? We can chip that and she can wear it all the time.” She said.

“What do you say Flurry?” Pedal asked Flurry. “Want a new bow?”

Flurry smiled and nodded. Izzy beamed. “Oh! I can make her a bow!” She exclaimed. “What color does Flurry like?”

“How about Light Blue?” Melody asked. “Light Blue fits better in her color scheme.”

“Light Blue it is!” Izzy exclaimed.

Pedal chuckled and turned back to Pipp. “Thanks Ms. Pipp. We owe you one.” She said.

“Oh nonsense. This is about Flurry’s safety, and yours. Now how bout you climb onto a seat Pedal and I’ll show you and Melody how to use PonyPhones.” Pipp said.

Pedal, after setting Flurry down on the couch, climbed onto a barstool and Pipp helped Melody and Pedal set up their new PonyPhones and showed them how to use it.

Izzy meanwhile made the bow in no time flat, and after a few pairing links, Flurry now wore her new bow, and Melody and Pedal now had a way to quickly locate her in the event she pulled a disappearing act.

Turned out the stars aligned a little too perfectly because the near instant Flurry got her new chipped bow, she teleported off again. Meaning Pedal and Melody had to use their new phones to find her quickly. “Oh yeah. These are gonna get a lot of use, I can tell.” Melody commented. Making everypony chuckle as they all went out to find Flurry…again.

To be continued…