//------------------------------// // S2E20 "It's About Time" (What If?) // Story: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic What If? // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// "Well here are we Rarity." Spike said. "Oh Spike it's so beautiful." Rarity said. "Yeah I know." Spike said "An entire house made out of ice cream. Sometimes I amaze myself." "Indeed you do Spike, indeed you do." Rarity said. "Wanna come inside?" Spike asked. "Of course Spikey Wikey, for you I'd do anything." Rarity said. "Finally everything is working out for me." Spike thought to himself. Suddenly he became aware of loud clip clops. Spike opened his eyes. It had all been a dream. The sound of the disturbance was none other then Twilight Sparkle who was busy pacing back and forth. "Why did you have to wake me up at" Spike asked, glancing at the alarm clock nearby "3 o'clock in the morning? I was having the greatest dream ever." "Spike oh thank goodness you're awake." Twilight said. "What's going on?" Spike asked. "Look at the calender!" Twilight said. Spike did so, he didn't see anything wrong. "Um maybe we forgot to celebrate Arbor Day?" he asked. "No it's not that Spike!" Twilight said "You see I planned out my schedule for the month! But I forgot to put time in the schedule to make a schedule for next month!" "So I don't see what the big deal is." Spike said. "The big deal is that if I try to make a schedule I'll disrupt my entire schedule for the month!" Twilight said "Don't you see? There's no time in my schedule to put together another schedule! I can't do it!" "You mean to tell me that I woke up from an ice cream dream for this?" Spike asked. Twilight didn't answer, she was too busy panicking. "Maybe I could move my meeting with the Ponyville Hay Board to the following Tuesday, but then I'd have to reschedule my lunch with Pinkie Pie, and you know what a nightmare she is with scheduling. This is an absolute disaster. My whole year could be thrown off! And all because I didn't set aside time to make a schedule!" Twilight said. "Well whatever I'm going back to bed." Spike said "Maybe I'll have that cream dream again." (Title Sequence) The sun was begining to shine as Twilight tried to find a solution to her problem. "Oh my gosh, I think I did it!" she said "If I can somehow find a way to read both The Art of Invisibility Spells, and Thornhoof's Brief History of Canterlot at the same time, then that should leave me with a half-hour scheduling window in which to put together next month's schedule." Suddenly loose papers on her desk began to fly around, whipped up by a mysterious wind. "What's going on?!" Twilight asked as magic lightning crackeled. Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light and there stood another Twilight Sparkle. But this one looked different, she was wearing an eye patch over her right eye, there was a cut or scar of some kind on her right cheek, a bandana was wrapped around her fore head, her mane was very messy and unitdy, and she was wearing waht appeared to be a black stealth suit with holes in it. Clearly she had been through a lot. After shrugging off the side effects of her magic spell she said "Twilight, you've got to listen to me!" "Who are you?" Twilight asked "I mean you look like me and sound like me, but I'm me too. So how can there be two me's? It's just not scientifically possible. Therefore you are not scientifically possible." "Twilight, please listen!" the other Twilight said "I have a very important message for you from the future! You have to hear it!" "Wait you mean you're from the future?" Twilight asked. "That's right," Future Twilight said "Now please listen-" "What in the world of Equestria happened to you?" Twilight asked "The future must be really awful if you look like this." "Please! You have to listen to me!" Future Twilight said "I don't have much time!" "Is there some sort of epic pony war in the distant future or something?" Twilight asked. "Well actually to tell you the truth I'm from next Tuesday morning." Future Twilight said "But that's not important right now!" "I can't believe that time travel is actually possible!" Twilight said "How did you? I mean I figure it out?" "The time spells are located in the Canterlot Archives." Future Twilight explained "But that's not-" "Really? Where?" Twilight asked "I've never seen them at all." "They're in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing." Future Twilight explained "Now would you please listen to-" "So is time travel fun or does it hurt?" Twilight asked "I have so many questions to-" "Look I have something extremely important to tell you about the future, and I only have a few seconds so you've got to listen to me!" Future Twilight said, cutting Twilight off, as she did so she began to fade away "Whatever you do, don't-" Her last words never reached Twilight's ears. In another blinding flash of light Future Twilight was gone. Something that Twilight quickly noticed. "Future Twilight?" she asked, there was no response "Oh no! What was she trying to warn me about? Her clothes, her mane, that scar... oh, what a mess she is! ...I mean, I am... or I... will be..." Twilight gasped "She must want me to prevent whatever horrible thing happens in the future! And I only have until next Tuesday morning!" she gasped again "I've got tell to everyone!" It was a peaceful day in Ponyville. Everyone was out and about and there seemed to be no signs of trouble anywhere in sight. "Come on Fluttershy!" Pinkie Pie said, floating with the help of some balloons "The party can't start until the party supplies get there!" Fluttershy meanwhile was struggling under the weight of the party supplies, even though she'd learned to stand up for herself she just couldn't say no to a friend. "I'm happy to help Pinkie Pie." she said in between grunts "But next time if it isn't too much to ask, can I please carry the balloons?" "I'll keep that idea in mind." Pinkie Pie said. "Thank you." Fluttershy said. Suddenly without warning Twilight crashed into Fluttershy, spilling party supplies everywhere. "Oh my!" Fluttershy said. Before she had a chance to respond Twilight took off again. Suddenly Twilight stood on a bridge and called to the crowd below. "Listen up everypony!" she said "I've got something really important that I need to say!" The crowd merely laughed at Twilight who only now noticed she was wearing funny glasses. She quicky threw them off and continued "This is no laughing matter ponies! We have a crisis on our hooves!" The crowd gasped. "You see I've just been visited by myself from the future!" Twilight said. The crowd laughed "This isn't a joke! My future self tried to warn me about a horrible disaster that's going to occur sometime before next Tuesday morning!" Twilight said "We've got to act now!" "What sort of disaster's going to happen?!" Applejack asked. "I don't know! My future self got sucked back into the future before she could explain!" Twilight said. "Run for your liiiiiiiife!" Pinkie Pie screamed. "What ever should we do Twilight?" Rarity asked "How are we suppose to stop the disaster if we don't even know what it is or when it will happen?" "We'll just have to work together to make sure we're safe." Twilight said, she began calling out orders "Rainbow Dash! I want you and the other pegasi to spread out over Equestria! Look for any kind of problem that could lead to a disaster, and I mean anything! Understand?!" "You've got it!" Rainbow Dash said "Let's go guys!" She and the rest of the pegasi promptly took off. "Everypony else-" Twilight said. Pinkie Pie suddenly appeared, screaming at the top of her lungs. "Anypony else wanna panic with me?" she asked, silence was her only reply "No? Oh well then." and she went back to screaming. "As I was saying." Twilight said "Everypony else, time to disaster-proof Ponyville! Let's get to work!" Twilight quickly supervised the disaster proofing and went from place to place to ensure that everything went according to plan. She wasn't willing to take any chances. Every bolt on every bridge was loosened and then promptly tightened again. Every crack was filled with cement. Every piece of litter was safely disposed of. Twilight even had Rarity clip the edges of Pinkie Pie's mane, just to be safe. Before long Ponyville seemed ready for anything. "Done, and done, and done." Twilight said. Checking things off her checklist with the help of Spike. She turned to Applejack "Applejack, what about the Everfree Forest?" she asked. "The perimeter's clear." Applejack said "No timberwolves or cockatrices on the loose. Zecora said so." "Great." Twilight said. "My team just gave the all clear from Fillydelphia to Las Pegasus." Rainbow Dash said. "Excellent." Twilight said "Well, we've done everything on the list, but still... future Twilight looked like she'd been through a horrible ordeal. I just have this nagging feeling we should be looking for something bigger than loose bolts and leaky pipes." "Like what exactly?" Spike asked. As if to answer his question a three headed dog suddenly appeared and let out a mighty roar. "Okay everypony follow my lead." Pinkie Pie said. She promptly screamed and a lot of ponies did the same. "What is that thing?!" Spike asked. "That's Cerberus!" Twilight said "He's supposed to be guarding the gates of Tartarus, but if he's here, then that means all of the evil creatures that have been imprisoned there could escape and destroy Equestria!" "Destroy Equestria?!" Spike gasped. "Yeah isn't it just great?" Twilight said sarcastically "Guess I'll have to take care of this. Hey, Cerberus! You look like you could use some obedience training! Magic obedience training!" Cerberus roared again. Twilight prepared to face him down. Then suddenly she saw that Cerberus' roar had been a playful one. He was playing with Fluttershy who was giving him a belly rub. "Aww who's a cute three-headed dog?" Fluttershy cooed. "Wow Fluttershy." Twilight said "I knew you were good with animals, but this is amazing. You've managed to tame the very being who guards the gates of Tartarus." "Aww, he's just a big furry dog who got out of his yard, that's all." Fluttershy said "Right, Cerberus? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? You are. Yes you are." Pinkie Pie was still screaming. "Pinkie Pie?" Twilight asked. "Yes Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked, having stopped screaming. "Do you have a ball that I can borrow?" Twilight asked. "Of course." Pinkie Pie said, pulling a ball out from a tree trunk "I have balls stashed all over Ponyville, in case of ball emergencies." "Thank you." Twilight said "Hey, Cerberus! Look what I have!" Cerberus was instantly fascinated by the ball. "Don't worry about me. I'll be back once I return him to the gates of Tartarus where he belongs. Once he's back home there should be no disaster." And with that she set off. She was gone for the rest of the day and even into the night not that anyone was worried. They knew Twilight could take care of herself. The next morning Spike yanwed and strecthed as the rooster crowed. "Man I wish Twilight would go on epic adventures more often." he said to himself "Best night's sleep I've had in weeks." Suddenly he heard the door open and close, in walked Twilight looking none the worse for wear after her adventure. "Hey Twilight glad to see you're okay." Spike said "So how did it go with Cerberus?" "Great. Thanks for worrying about me though." Twilight said happily "I got him back before any of the creatures could escape." Suddenly Spike belched out a scroll which hit Twilight in the face. "Oh no!" Twilight yelped. "What's the big deal?" Spike asked "Oh this?" he held up the scroll "It's only a lost dog flyer for Cerberus. I'll just send a letter to Princess Celestia telling her we already found him and returned him to where he belongs." "No it's not that!" Twilight said. "Then what is it?" Spike asked. "It's this!" Twilight said pointing to a spot on her cheek. "Are you kiding me? A paper cut? That's what's got you so upset?" Spike asked "Come on Twilight it's just a paper cut. Pony up and deal with it. Clean it out with some soap and water and you'll be fine." "No Spike you don't understand!" Twilight said "This cut is in the exact same spot as the scar on Future Twilight's cheek!" "Well why not just put a bandage on it then?" Spike asked. "I'm not going to put a bandage on a paper cut! Do you know how silly that will look?!" Twilight said "Besides what's important is that this means we haven't changed the future at all! Whatever the disaster is, it's still coming!" "I don't understand." Twilight said "If the disaster wasn't caused by Cerberus getting loose, then what could it possibly be?" "Well I don't know." Spike said, trying not to laugh "But you've got to stop pacing so much. You've worn a groove into the floor! And you know how expensive lumber is these days." "Very funny Spike." Twilight said "But I don't have time for another one of your lectures! This is serious!" "Sure whatever." Spike said "If you ask me you're making too big a deal out of this. Just relax, everything is okay. You saw to it yourself." "And yet I didn't change the future." Twilight said. "Did you ever stop to think that maybe you just imagined Future Twilight?" Spike asked. "I know I didn't imagine it Spike!" Twilight said "I know it was real! But maybe it's not about what I do, maybe it's about what I don't do! That's it! If I stand right here and don't move an inch until next Tuesday morning, baring the occassional trip to the little fillies room, then I can't possibly do whatever it is that Future Twilight tried to warn me not to do!" "Seriously? You're actually going to do that?" Spike asked "You've had some crazy ideas in the past Twilight but this one just takes the cake. Hm speaking of cake." he promptly disappered and came back with a tub of ice cream. "Really? So... no matter what happens, you're not gonna move a muscle, huh?" Spike asked. Twilight didn't reply. "Well then maybe you won't mind if I... eat an entire tub of ice cream!" Spike dipped a spoon into the tub, he pulled it back out and devoured all the ice cream that was on it. Needless to say he started to make a mess on the library floor. Normally he'd be a little worried about what Twilight would think, but this time he felt like he had to take advantage of the situation. While it lasted. "Mmm! This is so good!" Spike said. He continued to eat noisily. "Got anything you want to say Twilight? Anything at all?" he asked. "Spike, stop!" Twilight said through gritted teeth "Think of the stomach ache!" "Stomach ache, huh?" Spike said with a chuckle "Well that's Future Spike's problem and boy do I pity him." And he went right back to eating ice cream. Then suddenly there was a knock at the door. "The door's open, come on in." Spike said. Rainbow Dash flew in. "Hey Twilight" she said "Thought you'd like an update. Another pegasus just got back from Baltimare with an all-clear and-" Then suddenly she saw Twilight standing completly still while Spike was eating ice cream. Upon seeing this site she let out a laugh. "What's wrong?" she asked "Aren't you going to stop him before he gets a stomach ache?" "She sure isn't! In fact, she's not gonna move 'til next Tuesday!" Spike explained "She thinks it's gonna prevent the unknown disaster from happening!" "Oh this is too rich!" Rainbow Dash said in between laughs "Hey Twilight look! There's a mouse right behind you!" She and Spike started laughing but Twilight refused to move. "Oh wait, wait wait, let me try!" Spike said, grabbing one of the quills. He proceeded to tickle Twilight nonstop. The tickling made Twilight wince and she reacted on instinct, her horn suddenly lit up and she flung Spike away from her. "Whoa!" Spike shouted, then suddenly she shot out a breath of fire which hit Twilight. Spike gasped as Twilight screamed. "Oh no!" Rainbow Dash said "Not good!" "What happened?" Twilight asked. "I'm so sorry Twilight!" Spike said "I didn't mean to! It was a total accident! I swear!" "What are you talking about?" Twilight asked. "Um I really don't think I should tell you that." Spike said. "Come on show me!" Twilight demanded. "Okay but uhh... I'm not so sure that's a-" Rainbow Dash said. "Just show me!" Twilight said. Spike held up a mirror. "Oh no! This is the same mane cut as future Twilight!" "Really it doesn't look that bad." Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah just go style it and you'll be fine." Spike said. "Well okay I guess." Twilight said and went to the bathroom to try and comb her mane, "Hey Spike how come you only gave Twilight a new hair style?" Rainbow Dash asled "Shouldn't her mane have been burned to a crisp?" "Well not exactly." Spike said "My flame breath really only works on things that are weak to fire, like logs. Sometimes if I'm not careful I can singe ponies but I made sure to control my breath when I shot it out." "Oh I see." Rainbow Dash said "Well that's good to hear." "Indeed." Spike said "But maybe it's best if you leave for right now. Twilight's really letting this whole unknown disaster thing get to her." "Well if you say so." Rainbow Dash said and she flew off. Just then Twilight came back downstairs. Her mane was still in the same style as Future Twilight's. "It's no use!" she said "I tried everything and this mane cut refuses to undo itself! That can only mean one thing! It's just another sign that the future hasn't changed! Not doing anything didn't work either! Oh, I wish there was a way to know what was going to happen so I could stop it!" "Oh so you wanna see the future huh?" Spike asked "Well I just might know somepony who can help!" "Well here we are." Spike said, stopping in front of a tent in Ponyville's market square. "What is this place?" Twilight asked. "It's Madame Pinkie's fortune telling booth." Spike said "If you want to see the future she's the right pony for the job." "'Madame Pinkie Pie'?" Twilight asked "Really?" "Yes." Spike said "I've heard good things about her." "Come... enter the chamber of Madame Pinkie Pie, if you dare." Pinkie Pie said in a spooky voice. Twilight and Spike did so. Pinkie Pie was wearing a purple turbine cloak and hat with a red feather on top. "Welcome." she said in a spooky voice "If it's the future you wish to know about you've come to the right place." "So 'Madame Pinkie Pie'?" Twilight asked "I was told you can see the future." "That's correct." Pinkie Pie said. "So tell me what do I have to do?" Twilight asked. "For the answers you seek, let us consult the mystical orb of fate's destiny..." Pinkie Pie explained in a spooky voice "Do you like my mystical orb of fate's destiny? I just got it. Cool, huh?" "Um yeah, uh... best one I've seen so far." Twilight said nervously. "Now look deep into the crystal ball... for soon it will reveal all!" Pinkie Pie said in a spooky voice. She began to chant "Ah yes, it's coming to me. I see something... It is a vision of the future... I see... you, Twilight. You will get a really cool birthday present next year..." "Yeah, and?" Twilight asked. "And that's it." Pinkie Pie said "A really cool birthday present next year." "Are you sure?" Twilight asked. "Hey does this look unsure to you?" Pinkie Pie asked. "No." Twilight said. "Exactly. So that's it." Pinkie Pie said "Cool birthday present. I won't say what it is though." "Pinkie look I need your 'Pinkie Sense' to tell me what the impending disaster is that Future Twilight was trying to warn me about!" Twilight said "That's why I came here!" "Oh, about that." Pinkie Pie said "My whole fortune telling thing has nothing to do with my 'Pinkie Sense' silly." "It doesn't?" Twilight said. "Well duh." Pinkie Pie said "Aren't you suppose to be super smart? My 'Pinkie Sense' is only good for vague and immediate events in the near future, not days in advance." Just then her tail twitched and a flower pot fell on Twilight's forehead "Like that." she said "See? Hm where did that even come from?" "Are you okay Twilight?" Spike asked. "I will be as soon as I get this stupid flower pot off my head!" Twilight said, trying not to lose her temper as she and Spike left the tent. "Thank you, come again." Pinkie Pie said. Three days passed and no one heard anything from Twilight. They started to grow worried. Eventually Pinkie Pie decided that as a good friend she would go and check up on Twilight, just to be sure she was still o.k. "Lalalalalalala, lalalala..." she said as she bounced towards the library "Gosh, I sure hope Twilight still isn't mad about the whole flower pot thing. Wish I knew where it came from." What she saw when she opened the door surprised even her. Papers were scattered about everywhere and occasionally rustled as Twilight passed back and forth between them and a telescope as well as a chalkboard. "Off by point zero two from yesterday. Carry the fifteen... negative azimuth on the fourteenth moon..." Twilight said to herself. She had a bandage wrapped around her forehead as a result of the flower pot. "Oh hey Pinkie." Spike said "Nice of you to drop by." "Twilight's really serious about finding out about that whole unknown disaster thing isn't she?" Pinkie Pie asked "Maybe that flower pot hit her on the head harder then I thought." "She's fine." Spike said "And as long as I can keep eating ice cream she can do whatever she wants. Sorry Future Spike but this was an oppertunity that I just couldn't pass up." "Are you okay Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked when Twilight came near "You don't look so good." "Ah, Pinkie, I'm so glad you're here." Twilight said "Can you help me recalibrate the apertures on the nine and quarter catadioptric telescopes?" "Sure I guess." Pinkie Pie said, she didn't really know what Twilight was saying but she hadn't heard from Twilight in three days and she was worried about her. "So do you mind telling me what this is all about Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Well you see I was thinking, after the visit to 'Madame Pinkie' when the flowerpot landed on my head, see the bandage, just like the bandage on Future Twilight's forehead." Twilight explained. "I see." Pinkie Pie said. "Anyway I had an epiphany after that flowerpot." Twilight said "Doing things didn't work. Not doing things didn't work. And I couldn't predict the future. So I only had one choice. Monitor everything." "Makes sense to me I suppose." Pinkie Pie said. "Glad you agree." Twilight said "This way no matter what happens in the future, I'll be ready for it! Just last night I thought I saw something in the Horsehead nebula, but then after staring at it for three straight hours I realized that, I was wrong!" "Three hours? But when did you sleep?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Oh I didn't sleep at all." Twilight explained "In fact I haven't slept since Future Twilight was here. There are only three days left until next Tuesday. I can sleep all I want after that." "You've been awake for far too long Twilight." Spike said. "Yeah. Because Tuesday's not three days from now. It's tomorrow!" Pinkie Pie explained. Upon hearing this Twilight gasped and quickly teleported over to her telescope. "Pinkie, did you finish recalibrating the apertures on the nine and quarter inch catadioptric telescopes?" she asked. "I have no idea." Pinkie Pie replied. Twilight tried to adjust the telescope but suddenly the sun shined straight through it. Twilight let out a scream "Ow! MY EYE!" "Hold on Twilight!" Pinkie Pie said, she promptly pulled an eye patch from behind the fireplace and put over Twilight's damaged eye. "I have eye patches stashed all over Ponyville. In case of eye patch emergencies." She then dragged a mirror over to Twilight to show her what she looked like. "There! Now you look like a pirate! A sleepy pirate, with a really weird mane cut." she said, trying to cheer Twilight up "Please be more careful next time, and don't take that eye patch off for a few days." "The eye patch! Another sign!" Twilight said when she observed what she looked like "Nearly all the signs have come true! I haven't done a thing to prevent the catastrophe! If Tuesday's tomorrow, and the unknown disaster happens by Tuesday morning, then there's only one solution. I'll just have to... stop time." "Is that even possible?" Spike asked. "I don't know but I have to try." Twilight said. That night three figures cloaked in black stealth suits slipped off The Friendship Express when it stopped in Canterlot. Under cover of darkness they made their way through the city. "Okay, the Canterlot archives are right over there. Let's move!" Twilight said in a whispered voice. "Uhh... I don't think we need to sneak around, Twilight. I mean it's not illegal to walk around Canterlot at night." Spike said. "No but breaking into the Canterlot archives is." Twilight said. Then suddenly she heard hoof steps in the distance. "Guard!" she quickly leaped up to a nearby statue and posed "C'mon, you guys! Act like a statue or they'll spot us!" Spike and Pinkie Pie did as Twilight told them and posed. The guard passed right by them. "That was close." Twilight said. "You know I dunno why we have to wear these things either." Spike said. "Well aren't we wearing them for fun?" Pinkie Pie asked. "No!" Twilight said "There's nothing fun about this! We're trying to prevent some kind of disaster and we only have a few hours to do so!" "Are you sure we aren't wearing these for fun?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Focus guys!" Twilight said "The only way to prevent this disaster is to stop time! Time spells are kept in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing, the most secure section of the archives. That's why we're sneaking around!" "Awesome! That sounds fun! Almost like a video game!" Pinkie Pie said. "No it's not fun!" Twilight said. "Come on let's go!" But Twilight didn't pay attention to where she was going and ended up ripping her suit when she passed through a bush. "You know I still don't see how sneaking into the archives is gonna help her find out about her birthday present." Pinkie Pie said. "Well when Twilight's like this it's best not to question her actions." Spike said "Trust me I've learned the hard way." "The coast is clear." Twilight said "Now slowly and carefully lift me into the window so we can- AH!" Spike and Pinkie Pie lifted her up a little too fast, causing her to crash through the open window and fall flat on her face. "Let's get this over with." Spike said with a sigh and climbed up. Pinkie Pie followed soon after. "Okay" Twilight said "Now if my calculations are correct, then the Star Swirl the Bearded wing should be right... here." "Uh, Twilight?" Spike asked. "What is it Spike?" Twilight asked. "Isn't this where we came in?" Spike asked. "Cool! Can we climb in the window again? That was super fun!" Pinkie Pie said. "I don't understand. It's supposed to be right here..." Twilight said "How are we supposed to find it now?" "Well maybe we could ask somepony in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing?" Pinkie Pie suggested. Twilight turned to look and saw that the Star Swirl the Bearded wing was locked down but it was right in front of her. "Huh. How'd I miss that?" she asked "Look at all those priceless magic scrolls. There are more than I ever imagined!" Suddenly in the distance came the sound of hoofsteps. "Twilight! The guard!" Pinkie Pie said. Twilight gasped "What do we do, what do we do?!" But Twilight couldn't think of anything and simply instructed Spike and Pinkie Pie to hide as the guard approcahed. To her surprise the guard merely said "Oh hey Twilight haven't seen you in a while. Sneaking into the archives again? Don't worry I promise I won't tell anyone. Here let me open that gate for you." And he used his magic to open the Star Swirl the Bearded Wing. "There you go. Hope I'll see you around." the guard said. "Thanks!" Twilight chuckled nervously. She, Spike, and Pinkie Pie promptly made their way into the wing. "Oh no!" Twilight said when she looked at herself in the mirror. Spike and Pinkie Pie ended up bumping into her "I look just like future Twilight... the last sign has offically come true!" "And that's bad right?" Pinkie Pie asked. Twilight didn't answer, she merely said "Come on! It's almost Tuesday morning! The unknown disaster could happen at any moment!" "But how do we find the time-stopping spell?" Spike asked "There must be a million scrolls here!" "I. Don't. Know!" Twilight said "We'll just have to search as fast as we can!" They did so but they failed to find anything. Just then the sun began to rise and the birds began to chirp. "It's over Twilight! It's Tuesday morning!" Spike said. "Nnngh, no! Tuesday morning, the disaster! INCOMING!" Twilight shouted and pushed Spike out of the way as she ducked and covered her eyes with her hooves. "I dunno, Twilight." Spike said "I don't see any disasters. In fact it looks like a pretty nice day." "What?" Twilight asked. "Good morning Twilight, love the new hairstyle." Princess Celestia said happily "I see you couldn't resist sneaking into the Star Swirl the Bearded Wing again. Don't worry this will just be our little secret. After all nopony got hurt. Well happy Tuesday." "I don't get it." Twilight said "Why isn't anypony surprised to see me sneaking around in here?! Is it possible there never was a disaster? That I've just been making myself frantic over nothing?!" "I don't get it. If future Twilight wasn't warning you about a disaster, then what was she trying to tell you?" Pinkie Pie asked. "I don't know but I do know one thing." Twilight said with a laugh "I look ridiculous. And it's all because I couldn't stop worrying and let the future handle itself! Well, not anymore. From now on, I'm gonna solve problems as they come, and stop worrying about every little thing!" Suddenly Spike started moaning "I thought the stomach ache was Future Spike's problem. But now I am Future Spike." Then suddenly he let out a massive belch, the vibrations caused all the scrolls on the shelfs to fall down, creating a huge mess. "Oh dear." Twilight said. "Oh dear is right." Spike said "If only I hadn't eaten all that ice cream." "Well maybe there's a way to ensure that never happens." Twilight said. "Twilight, Twilight, I found something!" Pinkie Pie said "It doesn't stop time, but it lets you go back in time. It says you can go back once, and it only lasts for a few moments. Does that help?" "Pinkie Pie you've done it again." Twilight said "Now I can go back in time and tell Past Twilight to not let Spike eat any ice cream. Then this stomach ache will never happen." And with that she cast the spell which would allow her to travel back in time. "Twilight, you've got to listen to me!" Twilight said. "Who are you?" Past Twilight asked "I mean you look like me and sound like me, but I'm me too. So how can there be two me's? It's just not scientifically possible. Therefore you are not scientifically possible." "Twilight, please listen!" Twilight said "I have a very important message for you from the future! You have to hear it!" "Wait you mean you're from the future?" PastTwilight asked. "That's right," Twilight said "Now please listen-" "What in the world of Equestria happened to you?" Past Twilight asked "The future must be really awful if you look like this." "Please! You have to listen to me!" Twilight said "I don't have much time!" "Is there some sort of epic pony war in the distant future or something?" Past Twilight asked. "Well actually to tell you the truth I'm from next Tuesday morning." Twilight said "But that's not important right now!" "I can't believe that time travel is actually possible!" Past Twilight said "How did you? I mean I figure it out?" "The time spells are located in the Canterlot Archives." Twilight explained "But that's not-" "Really? Where?" Past Twilight asked "I've never seen them at all." "They're in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing." Past Twilight explained "Now would you please listen to-" "So is time travel fun or does it hurt?" Past Twilight asked "I have so many questions to-" "Look I have something extremely important to tell you about the future, and I only have a few seconds so you've got to listen to me!" Twilight said, cutting Past Twilight off, as she did so she began to fade away "Whatever you do, don't-" Her last words never reached PastTwilight's ears. In another blinding flash of light Twilight was gone. "-let Spike eat any cream. Ugh, I can't believe I just did that." Twilight said. "Didn't work huh?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Well actually yes but remember last week when future Twilight came to warn me about something?" Twilight asked "That was me trying to warn myself not to let Spike eat any cream. But that made me worry because I never got to hear the last part of what I wanted to say. Ugh my brain hurts and I'm going all cross-eyed." "Twilight time is a very delicate thing and sometimes things are best left in the past where they belong." Pinkie Pie said "And this is one of those times." "You sound like Time Turner." Twilight said. "Well when you hang out with the so called 'Master of Time' for as long as I do he starts to rub off on you." Pinkie Pie said. "Well for right now I'm going to take Spike home and the two of us aren't going to do anything but rest for a while." Twilight said "After all the time we wasted with this whole time traveling business I don't want to hear or even think about time anytime soon. Starting now of course." "Oh Twilight." Pinkie Pie said with a laugh. And with that Twilight, Spike, and Pinkie Pie set off for the train station where they would board a train back to Ponyville.