Starting their search for their rainbow friend, the mane 6 teleported in the scene. It was the exact location Rainbow Dash had been only 10 minutes ago, with the same molten landscape along with the previous dinosaurs roaming. The mane 5 gazed in awe at their new location, the heat emanating from the nearby volcano causing them to sweat.

"I guess we're here, everypony. 6 million B.C. We're in Prehistoric Ponyville. Wow, look at all the fauna." Twilight started.

"Beg pardon sugarcube, but if Rainbow Dash was here, ah believe she wouldn't stick to one time period for so long. Where would she be now?" Applejack asked Twilight. Trotting over to a clearing, Pinkie Pie pulled out her party cannon, ready to fire it.

"By the readings of her Element of Harmony --" Twilight began, only to be inturrupted by the blast of Pinkie's party cannon. The 'cannonball' flew and struck the upper chest of a nearby ankylosaurus. With a pained roar, the creature fell to it's knees, icing dripping from the now-splattered giant cupcakes on it's chest. Pinkie Pie quicked ran to the monster, donning a nurse's hat she had borrowed from Nurse Redheart while grabbing a heart-shaped bandade from her first-aid kit. Wiping the smeared cupcake remains off the dinosaur, she patched up the creature's chest, all the while comforting it.

"It's alright Armorino, every thing's gonna be okey-dokey. Shh shh, it's ok. Mwah." Pinkie softly spoke, finally kissing the dinosaur. Bouncing back to her frightened friends, she nonchalantly babbled, "What? I never leave home without my party cannon! But now I just ruined a perfectly good cupcake on a now-traumatized dinosaur! My poor 'Xtra-Large' cupcakes!"

"Ohh, poor little dinosaur." Fluttershy squeaked, still kneeling in fear on the ground from the cannonfire.

"Anyways, by the readings on her Element of Harmony, the last time period Rainbow Dash was in was the day of her birth, so we need to -- PINKIE PIE, WHAT THE HAY ARE YOU DOING?!" Twilight screamed in fear as she saw the pink pony dancing in the maw of an Iguanodon.

"Glue your hooves, Twilight! This guy's a vegetarian," Pinkie responded to the concerned unicorn, all the while patting the nose of the dinosaur with her hoof. "Isn't that right, Herby?" With that, the partying pony drenched in saliva was manipulated by magenta shaded magical energy, and with a flash, she was teleported away from the dinosaur. Pinkie Pie then proceeded to throw a heart-shaped locket over to Herby, to the confusion of her friends.

"C'mon Pinkie Pie, we're running out of time! For all we know, Rainbow Dash could be --" Applejack said before being inturrupted by the familar sound of Pinkie Pie shuddering, giving total alarm to the other mares.

"Pinkie, what the hay's wrong?!" Twilight shouted with fear.

"The volcano's going to throw a lava party! Everypony run!" Pinkie Pie screamed, probably with the first ever hint of fright in her voice. With a flash of purple magic, the mane 5 began to glow as they were starting to teleport.

"Don't forget about me, Herby!" Pinkie yelled to the Iguanodon. And with a flash, they were gone from the now-doomed landscape. As lava soon erupted from the volcano, lava flows streamed down upon the earth, melting away at any creature in it's path. Opening the locket to reveal a picture of Pinkie Pie with a huge grin, Herby contentedly held the locket to his heart, ready to accept his fate.

"Oh dear, sweet Pinkie Pie, how I will love you always!" Herby shouted to himself as he threw his locket to the closest river, watching it drift away from the lava-stricken plains. And that was the end for the dinosaur. The molten lava soon transcended into the familar sight every newborn pony sees, the Ponyville Hospital swerved into existance. With a flash, the mane 5 teleported into the scene. All except for Pinkie, the mane 5 were relieved to have escaped. Tears started coming from Pinkie Pie's eyes as fast as sparks from a blowtorch.

"Pinkie deary? Are you alright?" Rarity asked the poor little pony who was ready to burst with tears.

"My BDF is gone! Herby was my Best Dinofriend Forever!" Pinkie Pie shouted before she literally exploded with tears. The two streams of her crying was forceful enough to push the other five ponies up against the wall of the hospital like a tidal wave. Forcing up a magic barrier to get to Pinkie, water sprayed in all directions. Finally getting to Pinkie, Twilight and Rarity wrapped their arms around the more blue than pink pony. The waterfall of tears erupting from her eyes started to lessen, with her tears basically stopping like sink faucets.

"Pinkie, cool the waterworks!" Twilight said to the watery-eyed earth pony.

"Pinkie dear, a relationship wouldn't work at all; you being 16, and well, "Herby" being 6 million years old." Rarity said to the sniffling mare.

"He was just so cute, and he's not a meat-eater, just like me." Pinkie said, depressed. A whistle broke out as a younger familar mailmare came with a parcel for Pinkie.

"Miss Pie? This is for you? Apparently, this was supposed to be delivered to you at this exact place, exact time." the younger Derpy said to the sobbing pony. "Bye!"

"What is it?" Pinkie asked while opening the package, revealing a slightly sizzling golden locket with slight burn marks. Pinkie let out a gasp as she opened her locket, revealing a new picture next to the picture of herself: a picture of Herby himself, with letters saying "My lovely Pinkie, I'll always love you."

"Awwww." all 5 ponies said in lovely unison at the gift. Pinkie Pie shed a new tear, a happy tear, as she closed her locket and hid it away. The compassionate moment would soon be inturrupted by the chatter of a doctor. Pressing their faces against the glass, they saw a spectacle happening. The birth of Rainbow Dash was occurring. The simple sight of fillybirth caused all 5 ponies to coo in a hushed tone, as well as a slight hint of disgust as they saw the cyan filly emerge.

"Meh, I've seen grosser things." Pinkie Pie said nonchalantly. At the exact time the doctor spoke, the 5 mares all let out a cry.

"It's a girl." the doctor said, giving a minute for the parents to understand. "Have you decided on a name?"

"Rainbow Dash", the adult couple replied.

"Awwww." the 5 ponies once again said to the sudden beginning of Rainbow Dash's life.

"Oh...my. So this is how Rainbow was born." Fluttershy said.

"I always thought Rainbow Dash was born in a fiery explosion of sonic rainboom energy!" Pinkie Pie blathered.

"My dear Celestia, Ah never knew Rainbow had an apple-shaped head under all that mane." Applejack stated. All 5 ponies then erupted in small laughter as the entire world took in the appearance of being watery.

"Heheh. So this is how my alternate version was born!" said a scarlet red stallion with the exact same manestyle as Rainbow Dash's, only longer and unlike her robust rainbow mane, his mane was only dark black and snowy white. He had pointed ears, an extremely dark-red muzzle, and a small beard of the same color. He was also somewhat taller than Rainbow, almost rivaling Big Macintosh, but was less bulkier than Big Mac. Rubbing a hardened hoof on his muzzle, he contemplated.

"Hmmm, I don't believe I have the advantage right now. Too many witnesses. That mare shouldn't have time-traveled in the first place. Now I have to protect the time line!" he sneered evilly. The stallion's name was Darkness Flash. Stomping his hooves, he spread his wings, his left wing having a barely noticable scar on the main feather. A time portal appeared, as Darkness trotted manically into the portal, beginning his hardened, yet mad search for her alternate reality version, Rainbow Dash. The watery vision disappeared, the scene returning to Twilight and her friends.

"So Twilight, where has Rainbow Dash gone?" Applejack asked.

"So far, Rainbow Dash has been to 6 million B.C., the date of her birth: June 16, 1996, and about 7 other time periods. We have to hurry if we want to get to her." Twilight said. And with a flash, the mane 5 soon teleported to the next location Rainbow Dash was in. In another part of the time stream, Darkness Flash was flying at 700 miles per hour, finally performing the Dynamic Dark-flash, his own version of Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom. With a manical grin on his hardened muzzle, he shouted into the temporal discordance, before he disappeared into the horizon.

"ENJOY YOUR LAST BREATHS OF FRESH AIR, RAINBOW DASH!!!"