//------------------------------// // It's About Time // Story: Sugarcoat Interferes In Pony History // by Twinkletail //------------------------------// "Twilight, you've got to listen to me!" Calling her own name so desperately felt very strange to Twilight Sparkle. After everything she had been through in the past week, though–up to and including the previously unheard of notion of traveling through time–calling her own name out and expecting an answer was rather low on her personal list of wacky occurrences. Hearing herself respond, though, was likely to land just a bit higher. "Nope." Nope? That certainly wasn't the kind of answer Twilight was expecting from herself. Sure, there was likely to be a modicum of disbelief, but such a dismissive answer to this kind of phenomenon was not like her. The eye that wasn't currently covered by an eyepatch, still a bit blurry from the wild whirling effects of the time travel spell, widened in surprise at this egregious response. "What do you mean, nope?" Twilight demanded of herself. "I mean I'm not Twilight," the voice responded. "You are. I'd rank this as one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard you say. Also, you could really stand to take better care of your mane and your clothes." Twilight repressed the urge to groan as she recognized Sugarcoat's voice. Not that she minded seeing Sugarcoat; by this point it was quite the opposite. With how urgent this mission was and how limited her time was, though, it wasn't an optimal situation. "Sugarcoat!" Twilight shouted as her vision adjusted itself. "I don't have time for this. I'm from the future and I only have a limited time to give you this very important message!" Sugarcoat gave Twilight a stare over her glasses. The idea that she had come from the future was preposterous...but considering how Sugarcoat had gotten here, perhaps stranger things had happened. "What is it?" Sugarcoat asked. "And make it quick. My interest in what you have to say probably isn't going to last very long." "It's very important!" Twilight exclaimed. "I need you to tell me to..." "Stop right there," Sugarcoat interrupted. "I can't stop!" Twilight said desperately. "I need to..." "I've lived here with you long enough to know when your freakouts are real and when they're over dumb things that aren't actually important at all," Sugarcoat explained. "This is one of the dumb ones. So just go back to whenever you came from and stop worrying about whatever it is you're worried about. And seriously, fix your mane. It looks like you stuck your head in a furnace." Twilight stared in shock at Sugarcoat. As the spell began to wear off and time flashed around her once more, she felt her heart skip a beat. Sugarcoat knew her so well. "What in the world was all that shouting and noise?" Twilight asked. "Just you from the future with some unimportant message for you," Sugarcoat stated plainly as she walked towards door. "Me from the future?" Twilight repeated. "I learned to travel through time? That's amazing! I can't wait to time travel!" "Yeah sure," Sugarcoat said as she departed. Twilight was filled with wonder and amazement. To think, she'd actually learned to travel through time! This was sure to be a valuable tool in her studies... "Wait..." Twilight said to nopony in particular. "I came from the future with a message for myself? I wouldn't just frivolously time travel with no important reason. Which must mean..." Twilight let out a sudden gasp. "Something horrible must have happened in the future!" the panicked unicorn exclaimed. "Future me must want me to prevent whatever horrible thing happens in the future!" Another gasp was left hanging in the air as the worried Twilight instantly rushed to her lab.