My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 20: Turn Back the Clock

It was just another peaceful and relaxing day in Equestria, well… aside from the one person there that was actually carrying a whole ton of heavy items across town for a certain somepony. The person carrying all the large boxes was none other than Toby Morrison himself who was following the fashionista Rarity close behind.

"Come along now Tobias." Rarity told him. "We don't want to be late, Pinkie Pie said she need all these items for my upcoming birthday and everypony is already there waiting for us."

"Hey, it's also our birthday you know." Toby reminded her. "And as it turns out from my Dad my real birthday really is the same day as yours. Yeah, who knew? And I can't believe I forgot…"

"Well you were just a little boy after all." Rarity reminded. "Nopony can expect such a little tyke to remember every important day, especially if one rarely celebrates it."

"Touché." Toby admitted. "And I have to say it's surprising that Pinkie didn't want to throw us a 'surprise' party this year."

"I suppose she figured since you had such a stressful time setting up the last one it be better to more… shall we say… direct." Rarity stated.

"Smart, even for Pinkie." Toby remarked, as they continued to walk to where the party was going to be set up.

"So… where are we having the party again?" Toby asked in a strained voice, the effort carrying all of Rarity's items was beginning to take a toll on him.

"Oh, at my boutique of course." Rarity replied. "After all it is my birthday… and yours too of course."

"Well please tell me we're close." Toby practically begged. "I mean I know I have super strength and all but even I have limits."

"Not much further, you can do it." Rarity assured him.

"This the longest path to the boutique in the entire world." Toby stated. "And now how Spike feels…"

"Pardon?" Rarity asked, not catching his mumbling.

"Nothing!" he said quickly.

"Oh, well anyways we're here!" Rarity declared as they neared the Boutique.

"Finally!" Toby exclaimed, relieved to have finally arrived there at long last. When they got close to the door Rarity used her magic to open them and allow her and a struggling Toby to enter.

"Yoo-hoo! We're here!" Rarity called out in a sing-song voice and like she said everypony was there and were hard at work at decorating the boutique for the party.

"Hey you guys!" Pinkie Pie waved.

"Good to see ya both." Applejack smiled.

"Yeah, what took ya so long anyway?" Rainbow Dash complained.

"Well we would have been here sooner but somepony…" Toby began, glaring at Rarity at bit as he dropped all of her items. "Requested that we bring a few more things to make it more 'complete', oh and not to mention a bunch of stuff she had forgotten to buy yesterday."

"No need to hold a grudge Tobias." Rarity said to him. "Now behold the finishing touch of the party!"

Rarity used her magic to levitate what appears to be a long pink banner out of one of the boxes that Toby was carrying and hung it up near the ceiling for everypony to see. On the banner 'Happy Birthday Rarity' was written in gigantic letters while 'And Toby' was written below in smaller letters.

"Behold! Our birthday banner!" Rarity declared to Toby. "Isn't it gorgeous?"

"Yeah… and I can my name perfectly!" Toby remarked, his voice sounding highly sarcastic as he walked closer to the banner and squinted. "If squint real hard…"

Everypony else squinted also, and began to see his point. At the moment Rarity began to realize her mistake.

"Ooh… apologizes darling, I suppose I got a little carried away." Rarity admitted.

"Ya think!?" Everypony exclaimed, bluntly.

"Now, now, no need to be rude." Rarity told them. "Any who… what else is on the agenda for the party Pinkie Pie?"

"Tons! Just follow me!" The party planner pony said as she quickly managed to get all the heavy boxes that Toby was carrying onto her back and managed to carry them with ease, while positioned like a leaning tower it was still very steady.

"Well I guess all we have to do is set up all these other decorations." Twilight stated.

"Allow me ladies… and Spike." Toby smirked to his little dragon friend, who gave a thankful thumbs up.

Before any of them could say anything Toby then began to zip all around the Boutique using his super speed to set up every decoration that the others had yet to put up, in doing so he resembled a red and blue blur. In just a few seconds the entire interior of the Boutique with birthday decorations, there were party streamers, balloons, little party hats all nearly set on the recently set table and other shiny decorates. After he was done he stood in front of them everypony with grin.

"Whew!" he breathed as he wiped his forehead. The girls and Spike all clapped their hooves and claws together in applause.

"Nicely done, Toby!" Fluttershy praised him.

"Now that never fails to impress." Twilight stated.

"I'll say!" Rainbow Dash added.

"Yes siree, that sure was some fancy hoof… or should I saw footwork there, sport." Applejack complimented.

"Hey, we're practically near the same age now aren't we?" Toby questioned. The others began to ponder that fact hard, was Toby near the same age as them? None of them were really sure.

"Uh… never mind. Not important." Toby told them, seeing how hard it was for them to figure out. Then Rarity and Pinkie came back into the room and were amazed by how decorated it was.

"Oh my stars! This all looks…" Rarity began.

"SUPER-AMESOMELY-AMAZING!" Pinkie exclaimed happily.

"Exactly! Now my birthday party extravaganza is nearly complete!" Rarity declared. Toby cleared his throat to get her attention. "I mean.. our birthday extravaganza is nearly complete. All we need to now is complete the finishing touches."

"Well then, let's get those finishing touches complete! I'll go send out more invitations!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed happily as she bounced off with a large amount of party invites in her mouth. Everyone then resumed working on the other decorations and setting up all the food for everypony to eat. While they were working Spike approached Toby alone.

"Hey Toe," he said.

"Yeah?" Toby asked, as he worked on setting all the plates on the snack table.

"You do realize that Rarity is making your joint birthday party all about her right?" Spike questioned, gesturing to the fashioniesta pony who was busy arranging things exactly the way she wanted them to.

"Of I'm aware of it alright." Toby told him.

"And you're not gonna stop her?" Spike inquired, surprised.

"She's excited that's all, she'll figure it out and apologize eventually, don't worry." The human assured him. "Besides, these days I've learned to just roll with whatever these girls throw my way, makes things easier."

"If you say so." Spike shrugged. "But don't blame me if she turns you into her pack mule."

Spike then walked off, Toby was a bit stunned by his statement but shrugged it off and got back to work.

Meanwhile, just outside of Ponyville, somepony in a black cloak was just approaching the town wearing a strange red and black alicorn shaped amulet around his or her neck. Their eyes glowed brightly as he or she began to enter town.

At the same time, Toby and the others were just finishing up the boutique for the party and pretty soon the place was fully decorated. Now it had even fancier decorates, compliments of Rarity herself, as such the place seemed to sparkle. There was even an old fashioned record player play music on.

"Volia! It is finally complete!" Rarity declared as she and the others basked in the glory of all their hard work. "Doesn't it look fabulous?"

"It is pretty fancy." Toby admitted.

"Now all we have to do is wait for everypony else to arrive!" Pinkie Pie said. She was practically bursting with joy. "Ooh! I am so excited!"

Spike then zipped over to the snack table. "Does that mean I can eat some of these snacks while we wait?" he inquired eagerly as he took a cookie and prepared to take a bite out of it before all the girls gave him a stern look.

"No!" They all said.

Toby bonked Spike on the head and gestured him to give him the cookie, which he reluctantly did so.

"Those are for the guests, dude." Toby told him.

"Sorry…" The baby dragon said.

"It's ok… just try to show a little self-control." Toby said.

"Believe me, I've tried." Twilight stated.

"I can hear you, ya know." Spike pointed out.

"We know." Toby said, casually. He then noticed the banner and saw how small his name was next to Rarity's and sighed in depression and acceptance. Only Spike noticed this. "Well… I think I'd better get out there and keep an eye on the town."

"Oh pish-posh darling, way the town is completely under control!" Rarity told him.

"It is pretty quiet out there…" Fluttershy pointed out.

"I know… that's what worries me." Toby stated.

"Come on Toe, would Equestria like… come to end if you just happen to take one lousy day off?" Rainbow Dash questioned. "I mean it's your birthday for pony's sake, what could go wrong?"

Shrieks and cries suddenly emit from outside the boutique, which everypony turned to in alarm, they couldn't see what was causing it but one thing was for sure; Ponyville was in trouble… again. Toby gave the others a look that said 'Told you'.

"Alright you made your point." Applejack said.

"Come on everypony, let's go check it out!" Twilight declared, as they begin to head out. Aside from Rarity that is.

"Rarity? Aren't you coming?" Fluttershy asked.

"Huh? No, I have stay here and keep an eye on my business, don't want any panicked ponies coming in making a mess of the place…" Rarity said trying to sound truthful, although by the look on her face she seemed to be hiding something from her. Not that Pinkie noticed. "But if I just so happen to see whoever is causing all this riffraff I shall let you know."

"Ok, you hold down the fort then Rarity!" Pinkie Pie told her, like a sergeant would before zooming off.

"Whew! I thought they would never leave!" Rarity said, relived. "Not it's time to finish what I started."

Rarity then trotted away to another room in the boutique.

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Meanwhile, by the time the group had reached the center of Ponyville they could see that the townspeople were in a great panic as they were running around screaming their heads off in fear.

"Oh my…" Fluttershy breathed, nervously and surprised.

"Man… what is with everypony?" Toby wondered.

"I don't know… but something or somepony must be scaring them something fierce to get them all riled up like this!" Applejack said.

"Look out! Incoming table!" Pinkie exclaimed as she saw a table magically fly straight for them. The girls, and Spike, all scream as the table began to close in and collide with them but Toby managed to stop it with his own magic and toss it aside.

"Nicely done!" Twilight complimented him.

"I had a good teacher." Toby smiled. Twilight smiled and blushed slightly because of this, then a voice spoke up.

"Yes. Too bad that 'good teacher' cannot measure up to Moi!"

Everypony suddenly cringed when they heard and immediately recognized that voice.

"Oh no… please tell me that's not who I think it is." Toby groaned.

"I would… but then I'd be lying and you know I don't do lying…" Applejack told him.

"No, you just stink at it." Toby stated, Spike nodded in agreement to this. He turned around as somepony in a dark cloak and wearing a strange black and red amulet stepped forward. The stranger flipped up the hood and revealed herself to be none other than Trixie, the show pony and enemy of Toby.

"Hello Tobias, happy to Trixie again?" she asked, smugly.

"Ecstatic." The red-head replied sourly and sarcastically.

"Sorry for all the noise, had to think of some way of getting your attention you… hero you." Trixie smirked with a face full of evil.

"What are you doing here!?" Rainbow Dash demanded.

"We thought you were still in prison." Fluttershy said.

"Trixie broke out of course. As for white Trixie came here; to get revenge of that little pain once and for all!" Trixie declared. "And this time Trixie has a few more tricks to show you."

Toby groaned a bit. "Man, what is it with you anyway Trixie?" he questioned. "You seemed to have gotten out of Tartarus. Your free now! So go away and live out your little show pony life somewhere! Away from me!"

"And what? Trixie is just supposed to forget the imprisonment? The humiliation? How you defeated Trixie and Trixie and her friends for dead!?" Trixie asked, angrily.

"Uh… yeah!" Toby replied, bluntly. "I mean hello, you're the band guys, I'm suppose to stop your evil pains and make you miserable. Get over it dude.

Trixie growled at him. "Oh, Trixie is 'over it', dude. But this time you shall be so lucky!" she said with an evil laugh.

"You are seriously messed up. I can't believe I have to spend my birthday dealing the likes of you." The teen griped. He then noticed the amulet. "And what's with the bling anyway?"

"Oh this?" Trixie inquired, gesturing to the amulet which seemed to make her eyes glow red, as well as her magic aura. "Just an old friend Trixie picked up not too long ago."

Twilight recognized the amulet and gasped. "That's the Alicorn Amulet!" she exclaimed.

"The what?" Toby asked, confused.

"It grants whoever uses it tremendous magical power but it also corrupts the user as well!" Twilight Sparkle explained.

"Yeah, makes them go loco in the coco!" Pinkie added.

"That's for sure." Spike agreed.

"And last time Trixie had it she almost took over Ponyville and kicked out Twilight." Applejack told Toby.

"Yeah, but we stopped her!" Rainbow Dash said, proudly.

"With the help of Zecora." Fluttershy added.

"Till now you mean!" Trixie countered, her magical aura glowing brightly.

"Trixie, please! You know what that amulet did to you last time!" Twilight reminded her. "You nearly went over the edge! Please, take it off before someone gets really hurt!"

"Back off Twilight Snarkle, for once this has nothing to do with you or your lame bangs." Trixie snapped. "This is between me and that red-headed fool over there!"

"'Twilight… Snarkle'…?" Toby repeated, holding back a chuckle, as he turned towards Twilight, who looked more annoyed than insulted.

"Yes, I know… it's the worst insult I've ever heard," the violet unicorn rolled her eyes and stated in a sarcastic tone.

"But what's worse is that she attacked my bangs!" she declared, sounding genuinely offended and running a hoof through her hair. "What's wrong with my BANGS!? They match my TAIL!" she demanded an answer of Toby, leaning down on her forelegs to present her hindquarters, flicking her tail at the human in emphasis.

Toby looked a bit flushed and shrugged a bit. "Uh… I don't know. I actually think your fringe looks kind of… cute…" he swallowed, trying to avoid looking at her.

She looked up at him in surprise. "You… you do?" she blushed and gave a shy smile.

"Uh… yeah…" Toby rubbed the back of his head with his hand. "I… really like your mane."

"If you two love birds are done flirting…" the mare magician broke in with mocking grin, causing the pair to flush again. "I have a score to settle here!

"We're not love birds!" They both yelled in protest. They both exchange uncomfortable glances at that moment, which Pinkie and Spike noticed. They also noticed slightly jealous looks from Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Applejack, who were all doing their best to hide them.

"Well this is awkward." Pinkie Pie said to Spike.

Spike nodded. "Yeah, more awkward than a three-legged horse!" he remarked. He then noticed a particular annoyed stallion with only three legs near him. "Uh… no offence…"

"ENOUGH! Let's just do this!" Trixie cried, as she caused several objects to magically rise up out of the air around her.

Toby crackled his knuckles. "Very well, it's your funeral," he said as his large and white angel wings magically appeared and unfolded before everypony. He then flew straight for her before anypony could say anything.

"Toby, wait!" Twilight Sparkle cried, but she was too late. Then by the time Toby began to close in on Trixie, a magical pulse emitted from her and her amulet which knocked Toby back and sent him flying through the air. He managed to stop himself in mid-air though.

Toby rubbed his jaw. "Whoo… nasty. Alright, better stop fooling around," he muttered as he put both his hands forward and fired a blast of blue magical energy at Trixie. Trixie countered with a crackling stream of red energy. Spike quickly planted himself bracing for the impact. The two beams met in mid-air. A shockwave knocked all the ponies to the ground, it knocked Spike back causing him to balance on one leg but he managed to stay upright. Spike quickly checked on his friends who seemed fine, if a little shaken, and the rest were picking themselves up. Spike turned his attention back to the confrontation. The blasts seemed to have knocked the combatants far back as well and both were attempting to shake off the pain as they faced each other again.

Once again the two fired beams of magic at each other, which collided mid way, now both were struggling to overpower the other, only Toby was having a bit of trouble holding up his end. Eventually they both canceled each other out and caused both of them to skid backwards. Toby looked way more exhausted than Trixie, who looked like she wasn't coming anywhere close to breaking a sweat.

"Boy… you are better now…" Toby remarked. "That amulet is no joke… and it's pretty cool too…"

"Amateur! You truly believe you can beat Trixie at her own game?" she asked, mockingly. "And it seems you're not too focused on me at the moment, are you?"

"None of your beeswax! Besides, I beat you last time!" Toby reminded her.

"Well… that was because Trixie… had a head cold!" Trixie exclaimed, trying to not let Toby's statement bother her.

"No you didn't!" Pinkie piped up. "He just…"

"Shut up!" Trixie cried as she managed to fire another beam near Pinkie's feet, making her jump as it almost hit her, which angered Toby.

"Hey!" Toby shouted as he sprinted forward and tackled Trixie. The two rolled across the ground till Toby began pounding Trixie with his magically enlarged fists.

"Don't… you… dare… hurt… my… friends!" Toby cried, angrily as he punched her over and over, creating a large crater in the ground. Just then Rarity came running up.

"Tobias!" she cried.

Toby then stopped pounding Trixie and turned to the white unicorn. "Rarity?" he asked, surprised.

"I got here as quickly as I could…" Rarity began before she held out two outfits. "Which do you think I should wear to the party? Hot pink or deep purple?"

"What?" he asked.

"Wait a second… Trixie?" Rarity inquired, just noticing the blue unicorn.

"Aha! Just what Trixie was waiting for!" she declared, as her horn glowed brightly before she struck Toby with a magical blast that made his whole body glow and caused him to cry out in pain.

"Toby!" Everypony cried, as the light temporarily blinded them. They soon ceased blocking their eyes and saw Trixie standing over something inside a small crater, something smoking.

"Toby?" Twilight asked, concerned.

"You ok?" Applejack called out.

Rainbow Dash zoomed over, a panicked look was now on her face. "Say something you idiot!" she exclaimed.

Toby groaned as he sat up inside the crater and rubbed his head. "Hey… who you think you are to call me that?" he complained.

"Are you alright?" Fluttershy inquired, looking just as concerned and worried as Twilight was at the moment

"I'm not sure but I think so…" Toby muttered. He turned to Trixie. "Hey! What was the big…"

Before Toby could say anything his body began to glow with a red aura as he slowly began to shrink and seemingly get younger and younger, much to the shock of everypony else. Snips and Snails then arrived and seemed to recognize what was happening to him at the moment.

"Hey… isn't that…?" Snips began before Snails nodded in confirmation.

"Uh huh…" he muttered.

"Huh? What? What's happening to me?" Toby exclaimed as he continued to shrink and as his voice got higher and higher.

"It's an ageing spell!" Twilight realized.

"That's right! Your getting younger! And Trixie plans on making you so young that you'll cease to exist!" The evil unicorn declared as she blasted Toby with another magical blast.

"No!" he cried, as the light consumed him. When it faded, everypony was now looking over a now ten-year old Toby who looked at them with his now big and innocent blue eyes and buck teeth. He was now much shorter than he was when he first arrived in Equestria and wore a pair of denim blue overalls over a dark blue t-shirt and red and white shoes. "What? Why's everypony looking at me like that?"

"Uh… Toby? I don't really know how to tell you this but uh… you're not all there..." Spike told him.

"What do you mean?" The now ten-year old Toby asked.

"You… might want to look in his mirror darling…" Rarity told him, as she magically pulled out a mirror and put it in front of him so that he could see his new state. His eyes widened when he saw his face.

"I'm young? I'm a kid again!?" he exclaimed, before screaming at the top of his lungs, which made the glass in the mirror shatter. Snips and Snails rushed over to him.

"She hit you with an ageing spell!" Snails told him.

"I know…" Toby said, deadpan.

"She used on us at one time too!" Snips added.

"Ok, that I didn't know…" Toby admitted.

"Yeah… it wasn't fun… not at all." Snails stated.

"What you also don't know is that after a certain amount of time has passed you'll continue to age and age until you become nothing!" Trixie declared.

"You'll pay for this Trixie!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Ah, heroes till the end. How nice." Trixie said, mockingly.

"That tears it, let's get her!" Applejack stated.

"Oh yeah? Catch me if you can!" Trixie said as she began to run off.

"Get her!" Pinkie Pie cried as she, Spike and the girls chased after the show pony with the now 10-year old Toby trying to catch up.

"Wait for me!" he called out.

All eight of them chased after the show pony as fast as they could but she had gained a good amount of space between her and them so it was much harder than they thought. Then Twilight got an idea and looked at her horn.

"Oh… I sure hope this works this time…" she muttered as her horn glowed brightly before she disappeared and then reappeared in front of Trixie, who was still charging towards her.

"Hold it!" she cried. But Trixie also disappeared then reappeared behind her with a smug grin on her face. Twilight looked surprised, Trixie had just mirrored a trick she used on Nightmare Moon a long time ago.

"Ha! Nice try Twilight Snarkle! But you cannot hope to even rival The Great and Powerful Trixie in power and you never will!" Trixie proclaimed with an evil laugh.

"Uh… could someone just tackle her already!?" Toby asked annoyed. Then just as she was laughing Rainbow suddenly zoomed into her with the force of a freight train. "Thank you!"

Rainbow attempted to hold Trixie but she was easily knocked off by the show pony.

"Nice try Rainbow Crash!" Trixe said, mockingly. "But Trixie isn't so easily caught!"

"Just change me back!" Toby told her. "I can't go my younger years again… I was still in my awkward stage back then…"

"Really? And what stage were you in your teenage years?" Rainbow questioned as she got up. Toby glared at her for this. "Just asking…"

"Now as much I would love to see to age into nothingness, and I do, I must be off!" Trixie said as she began to charge up her magic.

"Wait, stop!" The now ten-year old Toby cried as he ran over and tried to stop her but failed due to her teleporting away from them. "Aw, horse apples…"

Just then Toby shrunk a bit once again. He now looked like he was about nine years old now. And it seemed that the younger he got his voice became higher and higher, his height became shorter and his clothes became more childish.

"The ageing spell! It's getting worse!" Twilight proclaimed.

"And at this rate…" Rainbow began.

"Toby will be…" Fluttershy continued.

"Gone. I get it." Toby finished for them a bit impatiently. "So is there an anti ageing spell? So something to change me back?"

"Well… I've been doing a little research since the last time Trixie used that spell and found one way to reverse it." Twilight Sparkle told them. "But it's really risky and it well need a large amount of water and Rarity's involvement as well as two other unicorns."

"My involvement?" Rarity questioned.

"Yeah, we just need to a find a big enough source of water, charge it up with a certain magic spell, dip Toby in and Volia! He's big again!" Twilight explained.

"But why can't you do it?" Rainbow Dash inquired. "Rarity is the one who got Toby into this mess in the first place!"

"I did not! It was an accident!" Rarity protested.

"It doesn't matter, the point it we need her to help charge up the spell and since my magic has been going on and off lately I can't do it…" Twilight Sparkle started.

"So we just need two more unicorns…" Applejack mused.

"But where are we going to find some on such short notice?" Fluttershy wondered.

"Well… I think I know two unicorns that happen to be available…" Toby said, pointing in the direction of Snips and Snails who both smiled sheepishly. The Mane Six's faces fell.

"Oh… crud." Rainbow Dash griped.

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Then before long, Toby, Spike and the girls were all making their way through the forest with Snips and Snails in tow, who seemed completely oblivious to the other's displeasure of having them around.

"Wow! This is so exciting!" Snips exclaimed. "A real adventure with the legendary Toby Morrison!"

Toby, who was riding on Rainbow Dash's back due to his now small size smiled, unlike the others he didn't seem unhappy with having them around.

"Hey! What are we? Chopped quartz!?" Rainbow exclaimed annoyed.

"That's what I was gonna say…" Spike added.

"Don't worry guys the sooner we get to a large pool of water, the sooner we can begin the spell and get Toby back to normal." Twilight told everypony.

"I sure hope so, I can't spend my birthday like this!" Toby stated, gesturing to his now younger form. He then aged down to the appearance of a eight-year old. "And if I disappear I'll never have another birthday again!"

Pinkie gasped sharply. "And we can't let that happen!" she exclaimed. "Come on ponies! Let's get to moving!"

"Right!" Spike agreed.

As they continued to proceed. Rarity then leaned toward Applejack. "Um… Applejack? You don't actually think that it was my fault that Toby ended up like this do you?" she asked.

"Well… you did distract him while he was kicking the tar out of Trixie…" Applejack pointed out. Rarity glared at her. "Hey, you asked! Besides, I don't think it was the only thing distracting him."

"What do you mean?" Rarity asked, surprised.

"Well… I did kinda notice him looking a bit depressed while we were setting up the party for your two." Applejack said.

"But why would he be depressed?" Rarity questioned, even more surprised.

"I'm thinking maybe it was because you were making it all about you and the not the two of you and he just accepted it." Applejack replied. "He tried, but even I could tell it was bothering him."

"Oh dear… I didn't know… I-I mean… if he had simply told me in the first place I…" Rarity began.

"Well it's too late for that now, besides we gotta focus on making him well again now." Applejack stated.

"Right…" Rarity said, sadly.

"Hey, is anypony else worried that Trixie might be setting a trap for us?" Spike wondered out loud.

"Oh come on, what kind of trap could Trixie be setting up for us?" Rainbow questioned, confidently. Then as soon as she said that a rope net suddenly sprung up and scooped everypony up into the air, dangling from a tree branch.

"I just hate it when low techs get the better of us…" Toby complained, before he aged down to a seven-year old. "Aw man…"

Rainbow's eyes widen suddenly "Ok, whose touching me there?" she asked.

"Wasn't me! This time…" Toby stated.

"Sorry!" Spike said, holding his claws up.

They then heard Trixie's laughter echoing the forest.

"Struggle all you want, but you'll never find what you're looking for OR me!" Her voice stated with a laugh.

"That's what you think!" Toby said, as he grabbed the ropes of the net, enlarges his fists and pulled them apart, with some effort that is. They then all fell out of the net and land in a pile on the ground.

"Everypony… ok?" Twilight asked, a bit sore.

"Don't worry Twi, I don't think anypony got hurt!" Applejack assured her. Everypony else then began to nod and say something in agreement before Toby popped his head out from under all of them.

"That's because my little back broke all of your falls…" he said in a strained tone.

"Sorry!" Everypony exclaimed as they all got off from him.

"It's fine it's just… pain." Toby muttered before he was then reduced to the age of a six-year old. "Double oh man…"

"Oh dear… he's six now." Fluttershy pointed out.

"Six more years left…" Spike added.

"Looks like we don't have much time ya'll." Applejack told everypony as she helped him back up.

"Don't worry Toby! If the Great and Powerful yet Trixie tries to trap you again, she'll have to go through us first!" Snips stated.

"Yeah!" Snails agreed.

"And I'll treasure those three extra seconds…" Toby said, flatly.

"Don't worry, we're really close to where we want to be, just be patient." Twilight told Toby.

"I don't know if you've noticed but time is something I do not have, Twi!" Toby said, stressed.

"Then let's not waste any more of it! Come on!" Rarity said, as she rushed ahead.

"Boy! She's in an energetic mood today!" Pinkie Pie remarked.

"Not to mention super determined…" Rainbow added.

"Yeah… where'd that come from?" Toby wondered.

"Probably because it's her birthday! Duh!" Pinkie smiled.

"Maybe… let's go after her." Toby said as he attempt to run only to trip and hit the ground hard. He then began crying. "Ow! My knee!"

"Wow… he really is acting like a baby…" Rainbow Dash remarked.

"It must be a side effect of the ageing spell." Twilight Sparkle deduced.

"Oh you poor thing!" Fluttershy said, rushing to five-year old Toby's aid. "Come here, where does it hurt? I'll make it better!"

Fluttershy nuzzled and held Toby tenderly like a mother would for a child and put her on her back gently.

"Unbelievable…" Rainbow moaned.

"The sooner we get him back to normal the better." Applejack stated.

"Well then good news, because it looks like we're here!" Twilight told them all. They all looked ahead where they saw a large body of water surrounded by trees and to their surprise Rarity was waiting for them.

"Now what in Equestria took you all so long?" Rarity complained.

"Hey! That's my line!" Rainbow pointed out.

"Twilight, will this amount of water do?" Rarity asked.

"Uh… I believe so…" Twilight replied.

"Then let us begin! Snips, Snails, get ready, before Toby ages into nothing!" Rarity told them both.

"Yes, ma'am!" They both saluted.

"Wait… why are you so eager to see me change back?" Toby inquired.

"Well… it's because… it's my fault that…" Rarity began.

"That your even here in the first place!"

Everypony turned and saw a familiar blue unicorn standing on the other side of the large pond and smiling evilly.

"Trixie!" Everypony exclaimed with anger.

"The Great and Powerful." The unicorn said, smugly.

"How'd you get here?" Applejack demanded.

"Please, Trixie knew all about your little plan to save Morrison, that's why I set that little trap to by me some time." Trixie explained. "I've waiting for you all to arrive, although I have to say… coming here was the mistake of your lives."

"That is what you think you uncouth ruffian!" Rarity scowled.

"Oh don't make Trixie laugh! Your no Twilight Snarkle or even a Toby Morrison, your magic skills are nothing compared to mine even without my Alicorn Amulet here!" Trixie stated, her red eyes gleaming.

"Then let us see for sure because you will face the consequences for what you did to poor Toby!" Rarity stated.

"Uh… I thought you didn't like fighting, that you were into fashion." Toby pointed out.

"True… but I will rip anypony to pieces if they hurt my friends!" Rarity said, fiercely.

"She means it…" Spike told Toby.

"You're welcome to try… against the Great and Powerful Trixie!" The show pony cried as she lit up the sky with little fireworks that spelt out her name, dramatically. Everypony stared at her blankly.

"Uh… she's a little dramatic, don't you think?" Fluttershy asked everypony.

"And your just discovering this now?" Toby remarked.

"Bring it on!" Rarity cried as she charged up her magic.

"Rarity no!" Toby shouted before she and Trixie both fired beams of magic energy towards each other and across the water. Both beams clashed fiercely but Trixie easily overpowered Rarity and sent her flying into a tree.

"RARITY!" Spike screamed in despair as he rushed over to her.

"NO!" The human yelled as he jumped off Fluttershy's back and leapt towards Trixie.

"Toby!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she tried to stop him but she was too late and Trixie ended up blasting Toby with another Alicorn Amulet charged bolt of magical energy that ended up transforming him into what appeared to be a three-month old drooling baby wearing only a baby blue t-shirt and a white diaper. He then began crying loudly.

"Oh no! Toby's become just like a new-born foal!" Twilight despaired.

"I draw the line if there's diapering involved." Rainbow Dash stated.

Trixie laughed evilly. "And there's goes your last chance of stopping the Great and Powerful Trixie!" she declared.

"We'll see about that!" Twilight said, as she narrowed her eyes and stepped forward.

"Hardly! Face it Twilight Sparkle!" Trixie said as she magically levitated over the large body of water and stood before them. "You and your friends cannot defeat Trixe and you never will!"

She then walked over to the now Baby Toby, who was busy sucking his thumb and smirked.

"And the poor little foal's attention span here is about as limited as his bladder control so what chance do you have against the Great and…" Trixe started to say before she suddenly hit in the head with a large branch. She groaned in pain then saw that it was Baby Toby holding the large branch. "Why you little…"

Before she could say or do anything else Baby Toby began to beat Trixie on top of the head senselessly like a worker hammering a nail all while giggling with glee. Everypony grimaced a bit and yet they can't help but smile in amusement.

"Wow! He was even feisty when he was a baby!" Pinkie Pie remarked.

"Must be genetic." Applejack remarked.

"Uh… is it me… or is he actually enjoying beating her with a stick?" Snails asked out loud.

"I wonder if he still did that when he we younger?" Snips wondered. Both he and Snails shuddered.

Baby Toby continued to bonk Trixie on the head until she finally dropped to the ground unconscious after letting out a long groan of pain. The amulet fell off her neck and landed near Baby Toby's feet who then picked it up and began sucking on it, mindlessly.

The now recovered Rarity and Spike then walk over and see what happened.

"Oh my… what happened?" Rarity asked the others.

"No time to explain, just get your magic ready and put him in the water! Hurry! We don't have much time!" Twilight ordered.

"On it!" Rainbow said as she flew over, scooped up Baby Toby then zoomed over to the center of the lake where she gently dipped him in. Rarity, Snips and Snails all got into place.

"Ready?" Twilight Sparkle asked. All three of them nod. "Now!"

The trio then blast the waters of the pond with their magic, making it shimmer and glow with a rainbow like ripple of energy. There then was a brief flash of the light and a long pause before Toby emerged from the waters gasping sharply for air. He then coughed a bit as he got the water out of his lungs.

"Ugh… my head…" he moaned. Toby then looked himself over, he now looked to be seventeen again and was back in his usual clothing. "Hey! It worked! I'm a teenager again! I'm back!"

Everypony cheered and jumped with glee. Rarity then helped him out of the waters using her magic before giving him a hug.

"Oh I am so, so glad to have you back!" she squealed.

The human smiled at this. "Yeah, it's been a while…"

"And I'm also so, so sorry about this…" The white unicorn told him.

"Sorry? What for?" Toby asked.

"For distracting you in your battle with Trixie, if hasn't then… none of this would have happened and… I'm also sorry making our party all about me instead…" Rarity said, sorrowfully. "I must have sounded simply dreadful, didn't I?"

"No you weren't… all the time." Toby quipped which earned him a look from Rarity. "Sorry… but hey don't worry about it, you were just excited about the party, I get it."

Rarity smiled, thankfully at his.

"Speaking of parties… we have one to get to now! Like right now!" Pinkie cried. "Follow me!"

Pinkie then zipped off before anypony could blink. They all laugh in amusement before they began to head off as well.

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Later, Toby, the Mane Six, Spike, Snips and Snails and all their other guests were partying inside the boutique and having a wonderful time as they sang, danced and laughed to their heart's content. During said party, Rarity had just walked over to Toby, she appeared to want to tell him something.

"Ahem, excuse me, Toby darling." Rarity said.

Toby turned to her. "Oh, hey Rarity what's up?"

"I believe I have not yet given you my gift yet." The fashionista stated.

"Rare, you didn't have to get me anything." Toby told her.

"Of course I did, it is your birthday after all." Rarity reminded him.

"And yours as well." Toby pointed out.

"Regardless, I want you to have this." Rarity said, as she levitated a box into his hands. He then began to open it. "I've been working on it for some time, which was part of reason why I couldn't join you earlier."

Toby opened the box and took out what appeared to be a type of silver pocket watch with a ticking clock and everything. It also had a large capital 'T' on it.

"Wow… did you really make this?" Toby asked, amazed.

"Well I did have some very talented colts help me design it…" Rarity admitted.

"You mean geeks?" Toby joked.

"Yes, I suppose…" Rarity nodded, amused. "But while they created it I was the one who made sure it was presentable for you, I even added the 'T' do you like it?"

"Like it? I love it!" Toby exclaimed as he picked up and twirled Rarity around. "Man I could kiss you!"

He then put her down as soon as he said this. "I mean… on the cheek… well I'd like to… can you? Can we? Wait, what?" The human stuttered before Rarity kissed Toby on the cheek.

"I can." Rarity smiled.

Toby returned the smile then noticed Spike. "Hey, Spike looks a bit lonely over there, why didn't you go over and offer him a dance?" he offered. "I know he'd really appreciate it!"

"Well, if you insist!" Rarity said, gratefully as she walked over to Spike with the intention of dancing with him. After she leaves Toby reached into his pocket and took out what appeared to be the Alicorn Amulet, still intact and glowing dimly. He then discreetly put it back in his pocket and resumed partying with the others.

"Happy Birthday Toby and Rarity!" Everypony cheered with glee as they all partied till the cows came home.