Chapter 19
We trotted inside of the booth, and........... I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It looked very small, well to a regular sized pony anyway. But it looked like a whole science lab was in this thing.
"WELCOME TO THE TARDIS VANILLA." Turner said to me. I saw all sorts of video screens, lab supplies, it looked like something Twilight would live in if she wasn't in the library.
"So Time Turner, what exactly needs to be done when we go back in time?"
"First, please, refer to me as "The Doctor", and secondly, it won't take a lot of effort or preparations. All I need is the specific date and time you wish me to take you. As you might want to do, is give me the date your parents died."
"Umm, can I ask you something else before I give you the information?"
"I FIGURED YOU WOULD."
"How do I know I can trust you? The last pony I trusted with powers made me tiny."
"First of all, your friends trust me, so you have no worry. Also, if you save your parents, you will never have had any reason to leave Baltimare, and you never would've met Hexyl, and you would go back to normal size."
Hearing that brought great joy to me. I finally had a chance to go back to normal size, and finally live a normal life again. I didn't hesitate with my decision. I gave the Doctor the exact date and time of the fire that killed my family.
"ALRIGHT VANILLA, IN A HALF AN HOUR, WE SHALL BE BACK AT YOUR TIME."
He threw the switch, and away we went. In the time we sat there and waited, we talked about our lives. I told him everything that happened to me, and how I got there and why I wanted to go back. He told me he was one of the last time keepers in Equestria. He spent his time just surfing through time freely, and helping Princess Celestia if he could. He also had an assistant, named "Ditzy Doo". She didn't join us on this trip, The Doctor told me he didn't want her causing an "accident" with me.
After a half an hour, we finally reached the time. I was sweating up a storm and shivering at the thought of being able to save them and not lose them. Doctor told me that I can't be seen with myself in the past, or else the time paradox will be messed up.
We exited the tardis, and I saw we were outside of my house. And just there, I saw myself kissing my parents goodbye, not noticing that would be the last time I would ever see them. But I was there to change that. I hid within the Doctor's mane so I wouldn't be seen. After I left to go to school, the Doctor and I went to go see my parents.
"EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU MISS VANILLA CREAM AND MISTER SUN BEAM?" Doctor said to them.
"YES, WE ARE." my dad said. I never thought I would hear them at my size. My father absolutely boomed in my ears, and soon, my mother did too.
"WHAT IS IT SIR?"
"IT'S ABOUT YOUR SON."
"WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM?" dad said.
The Doctor then pulled me out of his mane, and lifted me in front of them. They were shocked at my appearance. I quickly jumped onto my mother and hugged her so close and cried. She hugged back closely and did her best to comfort me.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU SWEETY?" she said.
"THIS IS YOUR SON FROM THE FUTURE. I AM TIME TURNER, A TIME KEEPER. I HAVE BROUGHT HIM HERE BECAUSE IN A FEW HOURS, YOU TWO WILL DIE IN A HOUSE FIRE. YOUR SON WILL GO TO PONYVILLE TO LOOK FOR A NEW HOME, AND GET SHRUNK BY A WIZARD NAMED HEXYL. BUT HE HAS A CHANCE NOW TO NOT ONLY RETURN TO NORMAL, BUT TO HAVE A FAMILY AGAIN."
"WHO TOOK CARE OF HIM THOUGH?" dad said.
"THE PRINCESS HAD HER STUDENTS, THE WIELDERS OF THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY, TO TAKE HIM IN HIS CARE."
"WERE THEY GOOD TO YOU SON?" mommy said to me. I just looked up at her massive face, just so happy that I was back in her giant arms.
"Yes, they were the best family I could have when you....... " I buried my face in her chest, not wanting to say it. Mommy knew what I was going to say, so she just rubbed my back and rocked me.
"WELL VANILLA, YOU SHOULD DISAPPEAR FROM EXISTANCE IF YOUR PARENTS SURVIVE, BUT THE ONE WHO YOU TWO JUST SENT TO SCHOOL, SHALL COME BACK, AND YOU THREE WILL LIVE OUT YOUR LIVES NORMALLY. VANILLA, THE CHOICE IS YOURS."
I laid there in my mommy's arms and was about to answer her, but then a thought came into my mind. The image of Rainbow Dash just before I left popped into my head. I soon got images playing in my head like a movie: Hexyl, the ant, the lawn mower, that night with Fluttershy, meeting the princess, the afternoon rainstorm, saying goodbye to........ my family.
"Mommy. Daddy. I love you two very very much, and I don't want to ever lose you."
"NEITHER DO WE SON." Dad said.
"But..... if I stay here, I'll never know what it means to finally have friends, to know real love outside of my parents, and finally finding my mind, heart, and soul." Then I began to cry again. "I love you mommy. *sniff* I love you daddy." They both nuzzle me as I cried to them.
"WE LOVE YOU TOO SON. WE ALWAYS GAVE OUR HEARTS TO YOU, AND WE WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE. AND WE'RE SORRY WE DID." Mommy then held me up to her face, and gave me a big kiss.
"AS LONG AS WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE TAKEN CARE OF, WE TRUST WHEREVER YOU GO. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU VANILLA." Daddy then gave me a kiss too. He then reached into his pocket, and pulled out a little pendent, about my size.
"I WANTED TO GIVE THIS TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE OLDER, BUT........ NOW IS THE BEST TIME. TAKE THIS, AND ALWAYS REMEMBER, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, AND WE ALWAYS WILL LOVE YOU, EVEN AFTER DEATH."
We then all shared one last big hug. By this time, the Doctor was crying his eyes out too. He didn't want to break this moment up, but the time we had was running out.
"VANILLA, WE NEED TO GO, OR ELSE TIME WILL CATCH UP, AND THE TIME COULD BE MESSED UP WHEN YOU GO BACK."
"Alright Doctor. Goodbye mommy, goodbye daddy." I said very tearfully.
"GOODBYE SWEETY. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH." Mommy said, before giving me one more big kiss.
As we stepped into the Tardis, I saw my parents looking out of the window, and smiling at me, while crying and smiling. The last thing I saw from that time, was at the time, my dad dropped a lit candle, starting the fire, and keeping the time all together.
That was the real last time, I ever saw my family. But I was going back, to my family.
"Doctor, take me to Fluttershy. I want to see my mommy."