If You Give A Pony A Time Spell

by TCC56

Sunset Shimmer

Sunset had been initially confused by the unexpected delivery through the portal - unexpected enough that it had been left in the middle of the school's front walk for two hours and had only gotten to her because the attached note read SUNSET SHIMMER on it in large red letters.

Fortunately, the contents of the note had explained things well enough. Starlight had obviously been under a lot of stress when she wrote it, but she and Sunset were on similar enough wavelengths that the essentials had gotten across.

So sitting at her desk, Sunset looked at the scroll and pondered. Unrestricted time travel had been a myth while Sunset was in Equestria. Holding something that would not only allow it, but could be used almost effortlessly by anyone who wanted to? It was an incredible amount of power.

With something like that, a person was only limited by their imagination. They could change history to gain untold amounts of wealth. Influence. Power. Perhaps even enough to become a Princ–

"Nope." Sunset flicked her lighter, setting a corner of the scroll ablaze. "Absolutely not."

Comments

[The Sleepless Beholder]

Oh, yeah, you've already walked that path one too many times.

This was absolutely hilarious and this is a great ending. The only person in existence that would know to not take the quick solution in life.

Awesome job as always!

[Lurks-no-More]

Perfectly in character!

Now I'm thinking of the levels of trouble that would have followed if Sci-Twi had found that scroll first...

[Yoshifan30]

Good job sunset do not attempt to do it it's not going to be pretty well I got to say this was a pretty interesting story about messing with time traveling and it was pretty funny keep up the good work

[Mystic Sunrise]

Leave it to Sunset to solve it the easy way. BURN the scroll! Ha! Problems solved.

[PirateLord93]

Good call Sunset.

This was well written, each of the characters' motives fit them perfectly.

[Bojack H]

this is why you stick to a closed loop victory machine, you can only ever send back info from the moment you turned it on, and your future self can be a manipulative prick so you don't trust it

[_Undefined_]

Sunset, Sunset, Sunset. Do you really think that the human Pinkie Pie didn't come across it in the two hours it was sitting unattended?

Very funny reveal in the penultimate chapter -- of course those would be the consequences of every character using it.

[Lexiebommel10]

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I mean that's what I was thinking when starlight was like just throw it in a portal.shakes head

[TCC56]

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Except Spike. His day off worked out fine and hurt nothing.

Because he is the hidden Element of Sensible Thinking.

[jarjaxle]

AAAAaaaanddd Sunset proves herslef to be BEST PONY EVER!!!!

[ThePinkedWonder]

Leave it to Sunset and Spike to be two of the smarter ones. Although I don't blame Trixie for using the time spell to win a lottery. I probably would have

[Shakespearicles]

If You Give A Pony A Time Spell

They're gonna want a glass of milk.

[Yoshifan30]

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I just said it the wrong way so that's my bad

[Gyro Pony]

Phew!!
Sunset has matured and mellowed just enough.

[Axolotl222]

What a twist! Seriously though, this was hilarious. Have a Derpy

[ThatGuyTookMyUserName]

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Then they'll want a cookie to dip in the milk.
Then they'll ask for some chocolate mix because the milk is too plain.

Before you know it, you're hosting Luna's surprise birthday party in Baltimare, moving the twenty seven layer cake from hiding spot to hiding spot every few minutes so the Celestia mirror clones don't find it before Luna arrives at midnight.

[Moproblems Moharmoney]

Sunsets seen enough Terminator movies to know its a bad idea

[FanOfMostEverything]

Truly, she is the wisest out of all of them.

Delightful stuff. I especially love how multiple Rarities will inevitably lead to a business consortium. Thank you for it.

[Huk]

Very crazy, and very lovely ! I could see it in an actual episode