Rainbow closed her eyes. Lights shone through her eyelids as the sound of electricity cracked in her ears. Her ears fell down to her face, and tears were shed. It was done. There was nothing else she could do. Her ears started ringing louder with each crack of electricity.
She faintly heard maniacal laughter.
Next thing she knew, the electricity stopped. She couldn’t bear to open her eyes. She did not want to see the gruesome picture of the remains of her friends. She didn’t know what to do. Then she remembered the amulet. She remembered Future Rainbow telling her that the amulet sent her through time. She opened her eyes slowly, her vision hazy from her tears. She saw the shape of Future Rainbow standing next to her, smiling. And not paying any attention to her.
Perfect.
She slowly stood up, trying hard not to look over at the now blackened machines that sat in a circle around her. She stayed focused on her target: the amulet. She reached for the amulet, ever so slowly, and when it was within her grasp, she snatched it off Future Rainbow’s neck.
“Hey!” Future Rainbow said, and then she gasped. She held her neck, gasping for air. Before Rainbow could do anything, Future Rainbow fell to the ground, twitching slightly. Her skin began melting off, leaving the now bare muscle. Her muscle began bubbling violently. Rainbow knew what was going to happen. She ran behind one of the machines. Upon ducking behind the machine, Future Rainbow’s skinless body exploded, sending blood and guts everywhere. Rainbow looked up, and she saw the head rolling over to her. It stopped in front of her, and the eyes fell out, both touching her hoof, both eyes pupils up, looking directly at her. Rainbow jumped back, and then turned around. She looked down at the amulet. It was gold with a large purple gem in the middle, the gem in the shape of a square. She slowly put it on, and closed her eyes.
After a minute she opened her eyes again. Nothing happened. She couldn’t believe it.
“How does this thing work?” She said to no one. She tapped the gem twice, and it lit up. A voice in her head said, Think of your time and place, and you will receive it. She thought long and hard. 9:15 PM. Same place.
She opened her eyes with the sound of someone talking.
“Ha! Revenge is mine! No one can stop me now!”
“That’s where you’re wrong.”
The light turned on, and Rainbow was blinded by the bright light. Rainbow remembered what happened: Celestia came to rescue us. After her vision cleared, she looked back out.
“It’s over. Time for you to go back into your own time” Celestia said.
At this, Future Rainbow snarled, and the amulet began to glow.
The battle has begun. Looking around, she spotted herself, lying in a crater. She ran to her side, and helped her up. The Rainbow of the past looked up at her. However, she wasn’t as surprised as Rainbow thought she would be. Rainbow looked over at Future Rainbow and Celestia. The battle was almost over. Without a second thought, Rainbow put down Past Rainbow and charged at Future Rainbow. She collided with her, barely stopping her from turning Celestia to stone. Rainbow looked at Future Rainbow, who was lying on the ground. She turned to Celestia, who was panting heavily. Celestia looked up to her and nodded slightly.
It was go time.
She turned back to Future Rainbow who was now on her feet.
“You know,” Rainbow started, “This is not your time. You need to go back. Now.”
“All I did was try and protect us… From them!” Future Rainbow said.
“I don’t need protecting from them! They would never do that to me!” Rainbow looked back at her friends, who were smiling, free from the machines, thanks to Celestia. The Past Rainbow was nowhere to be found. She looked down at her neck. The amulet was gone. She didn’t care at the moment. She had more important things to do.
“I’m glad to call these five ponies my friends. They are everything in the world to me. And you know, even if this ever did happen, it would be a sweet ride ‘till then!”
“The future is closer than you think, Rainbow.” Future Rainbow said. She tapped her amulet twice, and before anypony could do something, she was gone. Rainbow looked back at her friends, and then to Celestia, who had walked up to them. At that moment, her eyes were glowing white, and everything when black.
Rainbow awoke in her room with a gasp. She looked around the room. It was just a dream, she thought, as she crawled out of bed. She heard a knock on her door. She opened the door to see a mailpony.
“Morning, kid.” The mailpony said, handing Rainbow her mail. She stuck the mail in her mouth and flew off, shutting her door behind her. She arrived at Twilight’s tree house mere seconds later, and took the mail out of her mouth. She knocked on the door, and then started looking through her mail.
Coupons. I’ve been waiting for these, she thought. She groaned as she saw three bills. Then she saw a white envelope with no writing on it. She turned it over, and saw the Wonderbolts symbol for the seal. She gasped softly. She opened the letter instantly, and read it.
“Dear Rainbow Dash, It is my honor to invite you to the Wonderbolt Academy for your coronation to join the group. Be here at 5 PM today. Congratulations. From, Spitfire.” She had a smile on her face so big. She also didn’t notice that Twilight had opened the door about five minutes ago.
“Congrats, Rainbow.” Twilight said. Rainbow jumped, and looked at Twilight.
“Hey, Rainbow, will you help me gather up the rest of our friends? Celestia wants us to check out these underground caverns by Canterlot.”
Rainbow’s smile disappeared.