What the Future Brings

Twilight had just used a disguise spell that shot a purple light from her horn to put her and the rest of the Mane Six and Spike in disguises just in case so they could go look for Pinkie.

"Okay here is the plan…Spike and I will enter into the forest as the four of you go into town to look for Pinkie and come back here if we have not found her by then, and if someone does find Pinkie they find us then we stay together until we figure out how to get back to the world we know," spoke Twilight slowly but with a tone of authority as she was dressed in a dark blue jacket and sunglasses "Any questions?"

Rarity who was in a red cloak and a black sombrero with golden edges then put her left front hoof up in the air and asked "Yes, um….may I have a new hat? This one clashes with my mane!"

Twilight then just slapped her head with her right front hoof.

*With Pinkie Pie*

Pinkie Pie was following Dinky as they stopped seeing Sparkfang walking in the wrong direction looking for some small filly who called him an ugly lizard face, he was going to chase after her and teach her some manners as he snorted green flames out of his nose then turned around and glanced at Pinkie and Dinky Pie.

"Hey Sparkfang! How are you doing, buddy?" Dinky yelled cheerfully into his right ear ignoring Sparkfang's glare and swipe of his tail that almost took off his head which he ducked under just in time as the earth pony started tapping Sparkfang's back with his left front hoof.

"Yes Dinky, what do you want? I'm very busy right now, and-" spoke Sparkfang with more green flames came out of his nose before turning around and then screamed as he saw Pinkie and Dinky together.

"Dinky have you developed the ability to duplicate yourself? What the BUCK! How does your family keep managing to do all this random stuff?" asked Sparkfang incredulously not being able to believe his own eyes and the sight that was in front of his vision.

"Dinky do you have an identical sister you've never told us about?" asked Firefly in shock spotting the three, coming from her house in the clouds themselves and following Sparkfang with an amused grin as he was chasing the filly before she saw Dinky and his new friend, then flying over to meet them.

"No I'm kind of new here, it's all very hush, hush…" whispered Pinkie "My name's Pinkie Pie!" she added with a shout that caused Sparkfang to hold his sensitive ears in pain with his two front claws at the sudden volume as Firefly was rolling on the ground in laugher of her friend's pain, making Sparkfang to glare at both Firefly and Pinkie Pie. Dinky only chuckled as he looked at the new mare.

"Please let me introduce you to my friends Pinkie" Dinky said with a large grin, enjoyed meeting new friends that would hang out with them as Pinkie looked at Sparkfang and Firefly who were now standing next to each other, while Sparkfang just narrowed his eyes with a frown causing the Pegasus to grin darkly with a wink of her right eye.

"This is Sparkfang," Dinky spoke pointing his left front hoof at Sparkfang "He's like the smartest one in Ponyville and he lives in the library! Although to be honest…he's a bit of a nerd and a smart-mouth" Dinky whispered in Pinkie's left ear as Sparkfang then switched his glare to his earth pony friend who could only smile with a shrug.

"What are you anyway?" Pinkie asked, at this question Sparkfang looked down while Firefly glared at Pinkie.

"PINKIE!" exclaimed Dinky, horrified at the blunt way of the female earth pony's way of speaking.

"What?" asked Pinkie confused, wondering if she had done something wrong, and also to what it was…could it be something she said?

"Sparkfang is a dragon/pony hybrid...and he's kind of sensitive whenever somepony brings it up thinking they will make fun of him for it…it's a bit cruel to just say that to someone like him, being that he may be the only one of his kind" explained Dinky softly, as if Pinkie Pie was merely a very small filly instead of a full grown mare.

"Oh…I'm sorry, I was just curious, because I never seen any creature like you before and I thought you looked really neat!" Pinkie replied sheepishly feeling a little ashamed of what she had said but wanting to make up for her rudeness.

"It's alright" Sparkfang answered softly bringing his head up with a small smile and shake of his head, knowing that the pink furred female earth pony with clear blue eyes meant no harm in her words…unlike many others.

"And this is Firefly, she's-" Dinky started pointing at Firefly before being interrupted by the Pegasus herself.

"The best flier in all of Equestria and soon to be a household name" Firefly stated proudly and boastfully with a roll of her eyes as if Pinkie had already heard of her "Yep, I am the best flier around…hay as it's even in my blood!"

"It's in your blood? But isn't that bad? Won't that hurt you?" asked Pinkie, a bit worried for her new friend and if there was a way to get the best flier out of the young Pegasus's blood.

"No it's not a drug, you silly mare!" Firefly responded getting annoyed "I meant the talent of flying comes from my family as I am the granddaughter of the legendary Wonderbolt hall of famer Rainbow Dash!"

"What a co-inc-e-dink" thought Pinkie in her head not putting the pieces of the puzzled together in her mind because logic never applied to her "Dinky looks just like me and his grandma has my name while Firefly looks like Dash and her grandma even has the same name! How sweet!"

"I think I will look around some more, thanks for allowing me to meet all of you, I'm hoping to see you around at the party!" Pinkie said cheerfully with a few bounces in her steps as she began to walking off from where she came from, hoping to invite her friends to the party…if she could find them.

"Bye Pinkie" shouted Dinky happily waving his right front hoof in the air "I'll be sure to get your party sorted out later! That's a Pinkie promise" to his dismay the female earth pony was already out of ear shot as he sighed loudly then looked at his two best friends, noticing their confused if not questioning faces

"Something seems off here" whispered Sparkfang thoughtfully with his left front claw stroking his chin as he looked at the ground.

"What do you mean Sparky?" asked Firefly confused.

Sparkfang didn't even bother respond to the nickname as he continued "She seems to look just like Dinky and even has your grandmother's name, Dink!"

"So?" asked Dinky slowly not understanding as to what Sparkfang was getting onto.

"Something weird is going on around here!" Sparkfang repeated more forcefully as the two ponies looked at their hybrid friend and thought as to what all of their findings could mean.

Pinkie was just bouncing along the yellow dirt ground she came from when she came across Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity.

Applejack wearing blue coloured overalls, with her signature hat, Rainbow Dash wearing a yellow with black strips t-shirt which had a large in black coloured RD on the front of it with a rainbow coloured cape.

Fluttershy wearing a light green coloured blouse with a black skirt and her mane done in a twin braid.

"Hiya girls, awesome hat Rarity! And really cool cape, Rainbow" chirped Pinkie as Rarity frowned and pulled the hat down to cover her face in shame as Rainbow Dash struck a pose as the cape blew into the wind behind her but did not comment on her fashion, instead switching to her easier line of emotion…anger.

"Pinkie haven't you caused enough trouble for one day?" growled an agitated Rainbow Dash.

"Where have you been missy?" asked Rarity with a glare as Fluttershy hid behind her mane not wanting to get into a verbal argument, but was having trouble due to the fact that her fully, long luscious pink mane was in braids.

"Sorry girls but I wanted to explore this new Ponyville!" Pinkie responded, not having any sense of guilt of meeting new ponies...and one hybrid "and I even met the two ponies and strange creature we saw earlier!"

"What are they liked? I mean…if you don't mind telling us that is, Pinkie…it's alright and we are glad you're not injured…although we would sort of like to know because we were…." Fluttershy asked very quietly before she trailed off, hoping her question would get answered.

"Let's find Twilight and Spike and ya'll can explain it to us later Pinkie" Applejack spoke firmly as she turned around to go look for Spike and Twilight, not wanting to stay into this time period or world longer than they had to.

*Back with the teenage creatures*

Sparkfang, Dinky and Firefly were about to go their separate ways again, not having anything to do with one another for a while when a giant shadow covered them.

They looked up in fear to see giant beings flying over them, their faces twisting in horror and shock at what they were witnessing.

"A good time to call for my dad?" asked Sparkfang weakly, his two friends only nodded (even the normally brave and fearless Firefly) then they ran in search for Sparkfang's dad.

*With Spike and Twilight*

In another part Twilight and Spike were walking through the familiar yet different Ponyville looking for Pinkie.

"Where could she be?" thought Twilight with an annoyed sigh as she flipped her mane which had a blue hoofball hat as Spike had on a long black fake moustache and a white silk jacket and a white top hat which had black edges and a purple feather to the right side of it, riding on the back of his best friend with a black cane that had red ruby on the top if it.

They then bumped into a giant purple and green scaled male dragon with large green eyes that was on his belly eating some red, blue, green, purple and yellow gems forcing the two small creatures to land on their backs making Twilight's and Spike's hat and to the young dragon's disappointment his moustache fall off their form to the ground as they stared at the dragon before them.

"Sorry about that" Twilight whispered looking a little fearful at the huge yet strangely familiar male dragon.

"It's alright, I have grown used to finding strange animals wonder into my sight while eating…they should just be lucky that I don't eat meat…only gems" laughed the elder Spike Sparkle not noticing the female unicorn as he turned his head to look at the two of them and stared in shock.

"Sorry...but um... can we help you….or perhaps, you can help us…we are looking for a female pink furred earth pony with-" asked Spike looking a little scared as his voice trailed off knowing that the older, larger and far more dangerous looking dragon was not hearing a word he said, though in his mind he was wondering as to why the dragon seemed so familiar.

Spike Sparkle didn't pay too much attention to his younger self one bit, though inwardly he chuckled noticing the moustache, top hat and jacket looked more intently with a look on his face showing all the shock and confusion he was feeling focusing on the unicorn in front of him who looked so much like the younger version of his dead wife.

His heart tearing open entirely new wounds as grief, shame and love for the older version of the mare before him made him want to scream into the sky in sorrow, shooting all the green flames in his mouth that his lungs allowed but he resisted, just barely contained as he spoke, his throat completely dry sounding as if he had not spoken for a decade.

"Twilight…Twilight…Sparkle? Is that truly you, Twi?" whispered Spike Sparkle, so quite that he could have gave Fluttershy a run for her bits as tears ran down his face, not knowing if his past, his own sins and his wife's ghost was haunting him for some past mistake and wondered as to what it was he had done to make her visit him, but feeling as if he deserved it, knowing with all his heart that he could not bear if he lost her again.

"How…how do you know my name?" Twilight demanded softly as it finally dawned onto her and Spike why the dragon looked so familiar.

"Spike?" Twilight asked looking at the older dragon before her eyes.

"Me?" Younger Spike coughed out in confusion looking just as confused as Twilight herself.