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The Mane Six and the Peace Family stared at Stephen Fisher’s future self in utter shock. Their jaws dropped down to the floor, their pupils were almost nonexistent, and they didn’t move a muscle.
“What, surprised to see that I, Stephen Fisher, am the one running this operation?”, Future Stephen sarcastically said.
“No, this isn’t possible!! How, what, why, who, I don’t, um, uh, what the heck is going on?!!”, Stephen asked and shouted with complete confusion.
“Oh, silly me!”, Future Stephen snickered. “I guess I need to explain my backstory!”
Future Stephen starting chuckling devilishly while the Mane Six and the Peace Family coward with pure terror and horror. The group of ponies backed away from Future Stephen, but not very far. They didn’t have anywhere safe to go. He eventually stopped chuckling, and cleared his throat.
“Alright, if you need context, that’s what you’ll be getting!”, Future Stephen said with an unsettling voice.
“So, as you all know, I’m from the future! And not a very pleasant future. Back in my original timeline, on the same day you all took a vacation to come here, the City of Kransitogo wasn’t the city you see today. It was still the Town of Kransitogo! And in our original timeline, me, the rest of the Peace Family, and the Mane Six decided to take a vacation there, since it was an area of Equestria we haven’t heard of before. The town seemed friendly enough, so we decided to introduce ourselves. Unfortunately, the townsponies were not too kind to the Mane Six”
“Wait, what?”, Twilight interrupted.
“Hey!!”, Future Stephen scowled. “Do NOT interrupt me while I am speaking!! But anyways”
“They were furious at the Mane Six, blaming them for all the events that have happened over the years. The attacks from your fellow foes, the destruction of the land, and other things that were not even your faults! They claim that if you six never met, the antagonists would’ve never formed and they wouldn't have attacked, clearly ignoring the fact that you guys actually STOPPED those incidents for good! Heck, when you finally defeated King Sombra, they didn’t care! They still blamed you for his attack, and the destruction of the Tree of Harmony! The Peace Family and I tried to defend the Mane Six, but that only made them mad at us as well! And to put the cherry on top of the crap sundae, instead of just kicking us out of the city, they locked all of us up to starve in an underground dungeon!”
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“Yeah, you heard me right! They were attempting to kill us, for no reason! Sure, getting kicked out is equally bad, but we saved Equestria multiple times, and this was how they repaid us! We were trapped down there for who knows how long. We were growing old, hungry, and weak. It was only a matter of time before one of us died of starvation. And do you know who died first? Flare Spark!”, he growled.
Flare actually gasped at this information. She knew how hard it would be for Stephen if one of his closest friends died.
“It was tragic. Really tragic. She died at age 26, which was too young. But surprisingly, it was a good thing she died first, because that gave me the motivation to get revenge on this stupid and horrible city for what they’ve done to me! To us! The Mane Six and the remaining members of the Peace Family used their strength to get the lock off both my horn and my wings. Then I went undercover and stole various parts from the town, so I could build a time machine. I also stole food and water for obvious reasons. After the time machine was complete, we went back to the year when Twilight moved into Ponyville for the first time. But we didn’t mess up THAT timeline. Instead, we went back to the Town of Kransitogo, stole even more parts, and snuck back into the dungeon, where I built the particle accelerator that stands right behind you!”
“The parts weren’t very strong, but the machine still managed to function. And the antimatter entities were created. Then the little filly was wiped from existence, and nobody remembered who she was, except me. I put my blood into the machine, so whenever a pony gets wiped from existence, I’m still able to remember who that pony was! And that poor little filly, she was the mayor’s daughter! I went undercover again so I could break the news to her. Once I told her that the filly was her daughter, she quickly remembered her, and was heartbroken after hearing she was gone forever”
“That night, she tried to take her mind off of her daughter’s disappearance by watching Family Pony, but she watched the infamous episode, Brian’s a Bad Father! She saw the scene where Imperfect Peter asked his wife how slit his wrist, and that put the thought of suicide in her head! And believe it or not, she actually committed suicide! Serves her right!”, he laughed.
“You’re laughing, at a suicide?!! What the heck is wrong with you?!!”, Flare Spark furiously asked.
“Absolutely nothing!”, replied Future Stephen. “I can laugh at anything I want! I’m evil! Now if you’ll stop interrupting me”
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“She killed herself during the wall-building process, making the work even harder. But they eventually finished the wall, and turned the town into the city you’re at right now. Unfortunately for us, that meant the entities couldn’t get in. And they couldn’t just go through the tunnel, because of the barrier”
“Hold on”, Applejack said. “What if the barrier was the reason why Princess Luna couldn’t appear in Apple Bloom’s nightmare?”
“That actually makes a lot of sense”, Fluttershy claimed.
“Aren’t you guys even listening to me?!!”, Future Stephen asked with an angry tone.
“Yeah, of course we’re listening!!”, Stephen Fisher yelled. “We’ve been listening for the past hour!!”
“Then stop interrupting me, Gosh darn it!”, Future Stephen demanded. “Anyways, since the machine was built so poorly, the entities only had so much power. They couldn’t harm anypony anymore. Not anypony within the City of Kransitogo, and not anypony outside the barrier. But once I finish building this machine, I’ll have complete control over the entities! I’ll make them phase through the wall, and I’ll wipe every single citizen in this town from existence!”
Everypony in the room gasped once again. They were shocked that he would wipe an entire civilization out of existence like that.
“You can’t do that!!”, Twilight shouted. “There are innocent ponies in this city right now!”
“Oh, relax!”, Future Stephen snarked. “I’m not going to let the entities hurt your friends! They’ll be fine! Also, once the actual citizens of Kransitogo are gone, I’ll shut off the machine for good! And all’s well, that ends well!”
“But they’ve been so nice to us!”, Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
“Yeah! They’ve treated us well!, Rainbow Dash added. “They’ve given us plenty of food, plenty of fun, and so much more!”
“I don’t care!! That doesn’t excuse what they’ve done to MY Flare Spark!! And do you know why they’re acting nice to you? Because they haven’t experienced any of the events that they accused you of causing, and you can thank the dome for that! Also, if I shut the machine down now, I’ll fade away, with the timeline being different!”
“Wait, shouldn’t you be gone now?”, Twilight asked. “I mean, the timeline is already different, so shouldn’t-”
“Well, I haven’t told you EVERYTHING about my plan yet”, he mentioned.
“Wait, what else haven’t you told us yet?”, Stephen angrily asked.
“Well, you see, once I get the entities to erase this city’s citizens from existence, I’ll make them touch all of you as well, except Flare Spark! Then me and my friends will take your places!”
“Wait, what do you mean friends?!!”, Rarity asked with a shuttery voice.
Just then, the lights in the lab turned on, startling the Mane Six and the Peace Family. Spotlights pointed toward the group of ponies, and shined bright. Older versions of the Mane Six and the Peace Family, ran across the bridge and pointed guns at the group.
“I’m talking about these friends! You know, at first I was worried about you coming here to shut off my machine too early, but I guess it was a blessing rather than a convenience! Once all of you, except Flare Spark, are gone, me and the rest of my friends will age down to your current ages! We’ll take your places, and after we send everybody on their way, I’ll destroy this city! Our revenge will be complete!”
“Are you crazy?!!”, Twilight screamed. “You can’t do this!! Those ponies might’ve mistreated you in your timeline, but you’ve already prevented them from becoming mean! You’ve already caused a pony to commit suicide! Why can’t you just leave the timeline as it is and just shut the machine off for good?!”
“Because we don’t want to!!”, Future Stephen said. “We’ve worked so hard to get to this point! We aren’t going to shut our project down and lose our progress just because YOU guys didn’t suffer the same fate WE did! Heck, all of us are forty years old! I’m sorry, but this is just how it has to be! My friends, get those ponies!”
The future versions of the Mane Six and the future versions of the Peace Family all lunged towards the Mane Six and the Peace family. Afterwards, the group of ponies were chained to the wall, with the unicorns having their horns chained up, the pegasi having their wings chained up, and the alicorns having both chained up.
“There! Now you’re all trapped! Now nobody can stop us! Oh, and don’t expect Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to come rescue you, because they can NOT pass through the barrier! Our machine will be finished by the end of the week! That’s when we’ll wipe you from existence! Until then, you’ll just have to hang around!”, Future Stephen taunted.
“You will NOT get away with this!”, Twilight scowled.
“And what makes you think we won’t?”, Future Stephen asked. “I’ve made it this far, and there is little to nothing in my way that can stop me! So, yeah! We’re so getting away with this!”
Little did they know, Spike, who was wearing a green bathing suit at the moment, had actually followed them down after seeing them sneak into the basement elevator, and after he walked out of the waterpark with Big Macintosh, who was wearing a blue bathing suit. He heard what was going to happen to the Mane Six and the Peace Family, and he wasn't happy about it.
He had to take the second ride down the elevator after the first one finished, but he managed to catch Future Stephen chaining the Mane Six and the Peace Family up.
After he heard what Future Stephen was going to do to his friends, he snuck out of there, flew up the staircase, took a ride up the elevator, and got out of there as fast as he could.
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Meanwhile, the Cutie Mark Crusaders walked back into Applejack’s bedroom laughing while still wearing their bathing suits. They were carrying awesome arcade prizes, including a giant teddy bear, a basketball, a miniature Pac-Pony Machine, Miniature Battle for Dream Island collectables, two medium sized Lego sets, a small billiards table, a dartboard, and thirty seven full sized candy bars.
“Applejack, ya’ll never believe how many prizes we won at the arcade today!”, Apple Bloom announced, to no response. “Huh, Ah’ thought Applejack would be back here by now”
“Don’t worry about it, Apple Bloom”, Scootaloo said. “I’m just excited to put these awesome prizes in our treehouse! It will be even cooler!”
“20% cooler?”, Apple Bloom asked, to which Scootaloo chuckled after understanding the reference.
Sweetie Belle opened the door to Rarity’s room, and called out for her, to no response. Scootaloo did the same thing shortly afterwards with Rainbow Dash’s room, also to no response.
“Hold on, Ah’ll be right back”, Apple Bloom told her friends as she walked up the stairs.
She opened the door to her grandmother's room, where Granny Smith was just resting on her bed, much to Apple Bloom’s relief.
“Hey, grandma? Have you seen Applejack?”, Apple Bloom asked, as she nudged her arm.
Granny Smith looked down at her granddaughter, and replied with, “No, I haven’t, dear”, before resting her head back on her pillow.
Apple Bloom was confused. As she walked back down the stairs, Sweetie Belle walked out of Rarity’s room, claiming that her parents didn’t know where she was. Scootaloo walked out of Rainbow Dash’s room as well, claiming she asked Rainbow’s parents where she was, which they didn’t know. The trio sat on the couch, wondering where they were. Just then, Spike kicked the door open, with horror written on his face.
“Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo!!!”, Spike shouted before tripping on Scootaloo’s miniature Pac-Pony machine and face-planting onto the floor, causing the Crusaders to help him up and ask if he was okay, to which he said yes.
“What’s wrong?”, Apple Bloom asked, to which Spike replied, “The Mane Six and the Peace Family are in serious trouble!! THAT’S what’s wrong!!”, causing the crusaders to become concerned.
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