Author’s note
Here's the 1st chapter, it's a big start I admit, but hopefully the 2nd chapter, won't be...if we're luck? Till then, enjoy...

 

Cutie Re-Mark Remake

 

Chapter 01: Time across Time

 

The scene begins to open up in where we see Twilight Sparkle, up on a podium, apparently about to give some speech?

“If somepony had told me when I was a blank flank, that one day I'd give a speech to a class at Celestia's School of Magic, I wouldn't have believed it, but…” Twilight was speaking out with an honest smile in stating what she was doing here today. But just then, she stops herself in in looking a bit nervous, before using her magic glowing horn to lift up a stack of reading cards to move them about in finding what else to say, as she smiled in finding it. “I hope that I have been up to the task, because I can tell that all of you are, & that the future of Equestrian magic is in good hooves.” Twilight points out to the crowd in stating this forth while resting a left front hoof to her chest; knowing how Equestria is safe with good magic casters in in this room.

Soon there were sounds of clapping heard from the distance, as Twilight opens her eyes to see who was applying her. For within a big lector room with Twilight in the spotlight, in front of the Alicorn mare were empty seats & pillows. But the ones clapping for Twilight were Spike, Ben, Nyx, & Phobos clapped a little while looking bored from having heard the speech.

“Finally, it’s over.” Phobos sighs off in seeing that the long speech is over before getting hushed by Ben & Nyx.

“Wow, hehe. That was even better than the…first eleven times you did that Twilight.” Spike sheepishly was stating this about how many times Twilight performed this while he clears his throat about how many times they been hearing this same speech.

“Eh, I don't know about that, Spike. I'd like to be able to get through the whole speech without looking at the cards.” Twilight shrug off uncertainly as she used her magic to levitate the cards in stating this to the others about doing her speech without always looking at her written cards.

“Then why do you need them?” Nyx asked her mother in why she even needs those cards to help her out.

“Well Nyx, sometimes writing down the right words to say helps ease a pony’s mind, though I will admit, it’s better if they study them & then do the speech without the cards.” Ben explained this off in why Twilight was using those cards to help her get a speech prepare for a large crowd.

“Oh Ben.” Twilight rolled her eyes in having heard her love say such things, even for the silly stuff.

“Come on, Twilight! You can't be nervous about giving a speech to a bunch of magic students! Especially when Spell Nexus invited you to do this!” Spike spoke off to say this with a smile & shrug off the shoulders that Twilight can’t be worried about a speech to a bunch of magic students attending this speech.

“Yeah, but if it helps…I got a trick! Just imagine everyone in their underwear.” Phobos spoke off in giving a strange & bizarre idea that could help.

“Phobos! No pony even wears those!” Nyx lectures to remind her pet pal that ponies only wear shirts, scarfs, shorts, gym-socks & hoof-wear shoes while most times they don’t wear any.

“Still, Twilight is on a nervous edge.” Spike pointed out in what Twilight is going through, being nervous under pressure.

“Oh, I'm not nervous, you guys, but I do have to set a good example, especially for magic students.” Twilight issued off to say this in trying to state her reason of what she is trying to achieve here. “With the future the next ponies embark will be reflected by how I can help them. That's why this speech has to be…” Twilight exclaimed her statement of what this speech she is giving has to be 100 percent at its best & to be…she waits in knowing the others can fill in the blank.

“Hugh, Perfect.” Spike sighs from his smile in stating what Twilight was stating, that this speech has to be perfect in every way.

“Exactly. Let's go through it one more time.” Twilight smile doff with confidence that with the subject settle, as she approach the pedestal again while her horn stops glowing to set the cards in place again, just as she clears her throat. “When Sir Spell Nexus invited me to see the staff & Princess Celestia, she asked me to speak to you today, I was honored to have the opportunity to talk about my favorite subject: magic.” As Twilight spoke her speech, a bored Spike & Phobos fell on a pillow to look up to the ceiling, this is gonna take another bit of their time away.

“Someone wake me when she’s done for the twelve time!” Phobos exclaimed off to say this in feeling like he’ll sleep through this.

“I wouldn’t count on that, Twilight has always been extra prepared when a project or topic was due.” Ben stated off in knowing what Twilight will do when she has her mind set on something.

“How come you aren’t giving the speech with her, daddy?” Nyx asked her father this question that was on her mind.

“The students here might be distracted that an Earth Pony that attended a normal school for only unicorns & Pegasus ponies, is giving an important speech. But even though I’m known as Celestia’s son, I’m letting Twilight handle this.” Ben pointed out that an Earth pony talking to students that wanna learn magic, might not pay closer attention then from a user of stronger magic like an Alicorn; besides his secret past of never saying he was Celestia’s son to his fellow students, he doesn’t wanna use popularity to gain favor.

Soon while Twilight continues her speech, everything goes dark around this time as this will take a while before the mare feels she has it all down. Ben & the rest were just gonna have to be patient as they listen on, hopefully they won’t fall asleep or Twilight will never them hear the end of it; with that, the scene ends here…

 

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A few hours later on…

 

The scene changes to what was likely the outside view of a building seen within Canterlot, it was none other than Celestia’s Magic School for Gifted Unicorns. There is much history that connects such a place while some eager ponies are seen rushing off to get to the school. As the said ponies got in, they were all there to bear-witness a special speech being given by Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship. It was a chance many will get such a rare moment in their lives…

“Obviously, the long term effects of…” Twilight’s voice is heard giving off an explanation of her speech at the moment.

“Shhhh.” One of the audience ponies hushed someone to keep it quiet as they are trying to listen.

“…The simultaneous acquisition of cutie marks has yet to be determined, but…” Twilight was speaking before taking a break to levitate a glass of water to sip to replenish her throat; while behind her in a screen projection of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle & Scootaloo with their own special cutie marks that reflect the Cutie Mark Crusaders. But soon Twilight noticed that her slide was still stuck on that spot, before looking ahead. “Ahem. Next slide if you would, please.” Twilight clears her throat to tell someone this, but then got no response before looking ahead in the crowd.

While the crowd Moon Dancer was magically writing down the speech while Ben & Nyx were interested, Spike & Phobos were sleeping in class, some even snore. Those awake gently tap the baby Dragons to get them to be more awake now.

“Huh? Huh!” Spike yelps to get himself along with Phobos up, as they get the projection cards from a box.

“Whoops! Dozed off there!” Phobos stated to say this in trying to figure out which slides go next, he got some mixed up.

“Oh brother.” Nyx rolled her eyes in seeing how these two can’t keep their eyes open for a school speech.

“If this was a battle, they be open, but I guess they lose if it’s a school activity or lesson speeches.” Ben made a slight joke about what was going on here that the baby Dragons can stay awake if there is danger, school…can be kinda peaceful & more for those that can sleep it off instead.

“I can speak from my own experience that the power of Cutie Mark Magic is very real, and in the instance of my friends and I, it can be traced to a single event!” As Twilight was speaking, slides showing Phobos & Spike on the beach in sunglasses on lounge chairs with a sippy juice & straw to an upside-down image of the Mane Six, Spike, Phobos, Nyx & Ben in Rainbow Castle before it was changed again to show the gang in a right side-up image. “Without Rainbow Dash's race to defend Fluttershy's honor, this rainboom wouldn't have happened.” A 1/6 pie chart of Rainbow Dash as a filly racing in the skies with her cutie mark underneath her while in the center appeared to be a Sonic Rainboom. “Fluttershy might never have discovered her love of animals.” Next slide shows on the left side with Rainbow, Fluttershy as a filly with her animals & her butterfly cutie mark seen too. “Applejack might never have realized that she belonged on her farm.” Then the third slide shows on the right was Applejack as a filly seeing her farm from afar from a window in missing it while her three apples cutie mark was seen too. “And Pinkie Pie might never have decided to leave hers.” Fourth came Pinkie Pie as a filly with her puffy mane to her balloon cutie mark seen. “It must be hard to imagine Rarity without her sense of fabulousness.” The fifth slide showed Rarity as a filly finding a hidden stash of sparkly gemstones from a huge rock while her diamond cutie marks are seen. “But it's even harder to fathom what my life would be like.” Lastly shows Twilight as a filly in where she hatched Spike’s egg to make the baby Dragon be born into the world while her star cutie mark is seen. “So you see, without this rainboom, I might not have gotten into magic school. Celestia wouldn't have taken me on as her pupil or sent me to Ponyville to meet my friends. And if not for that, the adventures we would share & those we would meet to befriend & even love.” Twilight explained all of this to the completed pie chart of how such things came to be if not for a single event moment that transpired. “And the most powerful thing about Cutie Mark Magic that I found is the connection I share with them.” As Twilight was explaining things to the crowd of unicorns in the room, all those that were listening from her old friend Moon Dancer magically taking notes, Ben, Nyx, & narrow glare eyes from Starlight Glimmer, then some of Twilight’s old pals and…

Just then something made Twilight stopped herself right in the dead center with wide eyes, before she tried to look closely at the ponies hearing her speech. It was because the mare saw between Moon Dancer & Ben in the back that look like Starlight Glimmer, but…there was no pony there but an empty seat. She looked around to see anything, but there was no signs of what looked like Starlight Glimmer. Twilight was looking worried about this, wondering if she saw what she really saw, before shaking it off.

“But, um... “ Twilight began to look worried, as she used her magic to magically levitate her cards in trying to shuffle one or two of them over in getting back to the speech while not causing a scene. “The real question about... Cutie Mark Magic is... who it seems to affect.” Twilight was trying to continue the speech as everyone pays attention as the princess spoke while sounding…distressed over something.

“Why’s mommy looking nervous?” Nyx asked off in noticing her mother was behaving & looking all nervous so suddenly.

“I don’t know, she was doing so well, she didn’t even look at those cards until just now for guidance help.” Ben rubbed his chin in wonderment, Twilight had the speech & confidence to say things in front of everyone so well; just what happened?

“Right, after finally memorizing them by the 26th time with us.” Phobos rolled his eyes to say this in knowing that they listened to Twilight’s practice speech so many times, the mare was feeling confident after the 26th time while they felt like they were listening to a broken record player repeating the same thing.

“Maybe we’ll ask her when this is over.” Spike suggested in what they should do if something was distracting Twilight.

Ben & Nyx nod in agreement, they will just have to ask Twilight what made her get off her game. From what it seem like, she was looking for someone in the audience, who it was, they don’t know for the time being. The scene begins to darken now, as Twilight continues her speech while trying to not let anything distract her…which she hopes will work so smoothly.

 

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The scene now changes towards the outskirts of Ponyville, where we see Twilight giving Spike a ride as he carries the mare’s luggage, Nyx was in her Adult Form as she gave Phobos a ride before changing back with Ben using his Hover Boots to fly & then land on the ground. As the Sparkle group was on the ground, Twilight told them of who she thought she saw in the audience crowd that made her mess up during her speech even if she did recover.

“Starlight Glimmer? You sure about that?” Spike replied off baffled & puzzled to hear Twilight say the name so suddenly.

“I was sure that I saw her in the crowd, Spike. But when I looked again, she was gone the next minute!” Twilight exclaimed off to say this about having seen the mare in the audience, but another look take & Starlight Glimmer was not there. “I’m just worried what she could be up to.” She stated with worry in what Starlight Glimmer might be up to if she’s nearby.

“Nothing good, I bet.” Spike looked down with a frown face in betting anything, Starlight Glimmer is up to something that is nothing good.

“We can agree on that!” Phobos nods off to agree that something bad always happens from ponies seeking vengeance.

“From what you told me & Phobos, she wasn't very happy the last time you saw her.” Spike pointed out that Starlight Glimmer was not too please from the last time anyone saw that mare, face to face.

“Forcing everypony in her village to have the same cutie mark wasn't right. Taking away the talents they discovered that made them who they were wasn’t right.” Twilight’s sad frown became serious in stating what Starlight Glimmer did was not at all right, everything about it was…wrong. “We had to do something!” She stated off in knowing how she, her friends, Ben & Nyx had to do something to put a stop to that fiasco of ‘equality’ Starlight Glimmer was trying to impose.

“I still can’t forget when she insulted me about my scar, twice.” Ben stated off to mention this thing that has him in an upset mood from what happened before.

“Or the fact that she tried to recruit mommy's old friends into joining her.” Nyx pointed out another event that took off to happen, but was stopped.

“Not to mention that she turned out to be the Equalizer & tried to recruit a lot of ponies into joining her!” Spike pointed out this matter of what else they learn of one enemy was actually the same foe.

“I even kept her outfit & helmet as a trophy! It's even resting on a mannequin at the castle. Heck, even Rarity sewed those holes that were made on it.” Phobos pointed out about a certain costume that was left behind when Flash & Sunset fought the masked bogey & the pony inside escaped & left the costume & stolen helmet behind, but the outfit needed repairs.

“It still puzzles me where she got the Earth filth part from.” Ben ponders off to say, why did Starlight Glimmer get such fowl terms of addressing an Earth pony like that, only jerks like Boris ever used them to describe Pegasus & Unicorns as superior, but…it still made no sense since Starlight Glimmer wanted everyone to be equal; something about it seem very off. “Probably another thing to think about is why Seekcurse was wanting to help Starlight Glimmer,”

“That’s a good question. I would never forget of what he has done to the Three Kingdoms. He almost destroy them. First was to put Northern Ma blame on Lord Azure Phoenix for the missing ponies for the rebirth of the Qin Emperor & his kingdom. Then, he makes both the West Dragon Kingdom and the Ape Barbarians fight for the stolen goods to be reused for the arsenal weapons & Terracotta Warriors. And lastly, the Water Tiger Kingdom lost the water in making the Three Kingdoms died & gave rebirth of the Qin Dynasty.” Twilight explained some of the long, but brief explanation points about what Seekcurse has done.

“That happened when we had Friendship Problems to solve. We & Applejack saved the citizens from the Northern Ma. Fluttershy & Pinkie Pie stopped the war, brought the stolen goods back. Rainbow Dash & Rarity brought the water back in time.” Nyx pointed out the other things that happened in the play out of such events.

“Seekcurse gone nuts of wanting the Qin Dynasty back. At least, Starlight Glimmer is less crazy than he is.” Ben remotely stated this that comparing two problems, Starlight Glimmer is at least not as crazy as Seekcurse is from his evil plots.

“What I can't understand is why she would help him. She should know that Seekcurse will do anything to destroy the kingdoms, just like what he did to his.” Twilight questions off the topic as it was something very puzzling to her that she can’t figure out.

“Well even after all of that, now Starlight’s coming back for revenge.” Spike thinks this through in seriously knowing what Starlight Glimmer’s next plan of action will be, revenge.

“Same reason could be said for Seekcurse, revenge, plain & simple.” Phobos blankly pointed this out without a second thought about what Seekcurse also seeks out.

But then Ben tapped Spike & Phobos from being left behind to point ahead in showing that what was said got to Twilight, as Nyx saw the Alicorn mare looking worried & terrified to be shaking like a leaf about someone coming back to get revenge on her.

“Uh, or maybe she was just really interested in your speech!” Spike hurried up to correct his statement with worry to calm Twilight down, but the mare still showed concerns of worries still.

“What, to learn how to BORE someone to death, she must be desperate.” Phobos issued off in stating what the pony that wants revenge was going for, if that was even it. “Ow!” Then Spike whack Phobos’s noggin for speaking that way out of term.

“Not helping Phobos.” Ben scolds Phobos that the helpful advice they are giving, most of it is not doing much if they make things worse.

“Honestly, you guys. I'm not really sure what I saw.” Twilight sighs to admit this of about not knowing what she saw was real or not, as they continue to move along. “But still even with this showing up, as long as I have my friends & all of you, I know everything will be all right.” Twilight smiled off to look at her family in stating about the positive thing to help them out while they were heading for Rainbow Castle.

“That’s the spirit, mommy.” Nyx cheered her mother in seeing that she was having positive thinking now.

The scene shifts to the inside of Rainbow Castle, where those that had pack things for a long trip to Canterlot were setting them nearby. To try to change the subject, the Sparkle Family talked about how Megan, Danny & Molly are doing in the Human World & wondered when they’ll be coming back; maybe somewhere along the line, maybe. For now, the group seem to laugh a bit as Twilight’s worries seem to have faded about the Starlight Glimmer spotted in the class room nonsense…

“Maybe in truth of it all, I was just more stressed about that speech than I thought I was & started to imagine what I think I saw.” Twilight stated off with a little smile to tell everyone about what she thought happened that caused her to think she saw something, but it was not there.

“Teh-heh…Yeah. That sounds better than Starlight Glimmer coming back with an evil plot for revenge.” Spike laughed off to say this in making a joke remark about such a thing happening of why the pony was here to begin with.

“And it’s an evil plan for revenge so diabolical, it seems harder than facing her as the Equalizer.” Phobos stated off in also making a random joke about such a thing happening as a thousand to one.

“Well it can’t be an all-out attack, the Mystic Shield is still up so we’re all safe.” Ben smiled in knowing that the shield that the Mystics gave them will keep such large & powerful invasion from trying to lay waste to the Rainbow Kingdom.

“Well, when you all say it like that, it does sound kinda silly.” Twilight smiled off to say this with a smile, as she used her magic to open the front doors leading to the next room.

But just then, the baby Dragons went from happy to wide-eye shock at spotting something while the ponies were having a happy moment.

“Or it's totally true!” Spike gasped off to say this in looking at something that was freaking him out.

“Big TIME!” Phobos exclaimed off in wide-shock horror in pointing at something very surprising.

Just then to the puzzled Twilight, Ben & Nyx’s concerns, they look only to see something that made them yelp in sheer surprise. For within the Council of Friendship, in Fluttershy’s throne, someone was seen lying back with hooves on the table & hooves cross behind her head, it was shown to be none other than a sly smirking Starlight Glimmer, in the flesh! But weirder still, she wore the outfit that was torn last time she was here as the Equalizer while the helmet rest nearby…

“Welcome home, Twilight! Along with the rest of your group, Ben, Nyx, Spike, & Phobos!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this to wave off the welcome-mate to those that have come while setting her hooves o the table to smear at the surprised & shock faces of those that see her again.

“Starlight Glimmer!” Nyx yelps in seeing this pony so soon.

“What are you doing here?” Ben narrowed his eyes in what the pony that tried to take cutie marks was doing here.

“Isn't it obvious? A little payback. How's the scar on your chest, by the way?” Starlight Glimmer remotely stated off while making a tease towards Ben.

“Grrr….how’d you even get pass the guards?” Ben growled at that remark about the scar while trying to change the subject.

“Oh, you mean these bumbling buffoons? They’re right over there.” Starlight Glimmer pointed to the edge of the room where the gang saw encased in crystal block prisons were Fred Flintstoneward & Barney Rubblestone. “Freezing those in Crystal Blocks in where they can still see & hear, but not move does wonders to stop annoyances from getting in the way. Just like two to three of your non-pony friends tried to do.” Starlight Glimmer rolled her eyes in stating what she did to the guards, just like she took took care of those she couldn’t remove cutie marks from.

“Hey, I just thought of something over the issue of annoyances. You were the one that trapped me, Spike & Omega in that cube thingy while dressed as the Equalizer!” Phobos pondered off to say this in having realized who the mare was referring to.

“And I would have succeeded in that plan, if that Arms Stallion hadn't ruined everything!” Starlight Glimmer protest off to complain about how that plan would have worked if not for someone that interfered.

“You mean Arsenal?” Twilight questioned off in recalling that they meant Arsenal, the Arms Stallion who beyond the odds, stopped the so-called Equalizer & destroyed the Staff of Sameness V2.

“Whatever.” Starlight Glimmer huffs off to say this in not really caring about the topic.

“I knew it. Flash & Sunset were telling the truth. You were the Equalizer!” Ben stated off in seeing that the new enemy that tried something with the same tactic was the same pony they stopped before.

“Very true, I was…. And then, you threw that boomerang of yours at me & tore my suit!” Starlight Glimmer was exclaiming that issue before she points at a patch on the suit of what happened to the Equalizer outfit. “And then even before that, that Fury Dragon showed up out of nowhere & whacked me with his tail!” She complained off in remarking the fact of what happened that something else interfered.

“You mean Nightclaw?” Ben raised an eyebrow in guessing who this pony was talking about.

“Yeah, & because of that, I lost my helmet, which that Moon Dragon contaminated!” Starlight Glimmer argued off to complain in stating these facts.

“Hey! I only wore it one time during Nightmare Night. Why are you wearing that outfit again, anyway?” Phobos protest to state his case before asking why the mare was again wearing that outfit.

“None of your business!” Starlight Glimmer protest about answering that question

“Come now child, you mustn’t delay, you have a job to perform.” Spoke a new voice of a male that was not Starlight Glimmer that surprised the gang. And appearing behind the crystal block of the Royal Guards was the last foe the Sparkles wanted to see…Seekcurse.

“Seekcurse! Your here too!” Ben exclaimed out in shock to see who else was here.

“Someone had to make sure this pony completes her task!” Seekcurse exclaimed off to say this towards the group.

“Well your company isn’t welcome, I said I do this myself, & I shall, you can just watch for all I care for while I begin.” Starlight Glimmer rolled her eyes to say this while deciding to move things along. “I’ve waited a long time for this. You never knew it, Twilight, but I was always there.”

“Well, duh!” Nyx exclaims to Starlight, rolling her eyes. “I saw you two times when you were spying on our conversations with Mommy’s friends and Discord!

“Perhaps you’re right, Seekcurse. No more delaying!”

Then without warning, Starlight Glimmer used her magic to levitate a scroll before firing a magic beam to it while letting it rise up as she continued to grin. Then magic light blue aura surge around the scroll, before zapping something down to the council table as everyone watched. Then in a much surprise notice, the entire map of Equestria was displayed as a worried Twilight, Ben, Nyx, Spike & Phobos came to see what was happening, how did Starlight Glimmer made the crystal map appeared without those of the Friendship Council to be present.

“What are you doing, Starlight?” Twilight asked off with a frown, what was Starlight Glimmer planning?

“Hah-Hah, Hah…” Starlight Glimmer lets off a laugh to taunt those that do not know anything. “I’d tell you what I’m doing, but I don't want to ruin the surprise!” She leered at the group while making a wicked grin in stating that what she is up to, is a surprise to be left as that…an EVIL surprise. Then she levitated the scroll to scrunch it up into a ball for some reason. “Well now…I won't be needing that anymore.” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say before tossing the scroll over the table as everyone saw. Twilight was preparing her horn for anything, Ben was getting his Master Sword ready when… “Hah-Hah-Hah, Haahh…” Then Starlight Glimmer lets off another laugher as she held her hooves up as a strange circular ring of magic was coursing upwards from the council map table.

“Yes! The Dawn of History begins now... Time to change scenery…” Seekcurse issued off in seeing what has already started as he bask within it.

“You won't get away with whatever you’re planning!” Ben snapped off to say this towards the guy.

“Xiao Ban, Xiao Ban (Little Ben, Little Ben); you really are naive & pathetic. To think you earned Triforce Elements because you're a hero. When in truth, you will be a sacrifice.” Seekcurse shook his head in remotely taunting about Ben & how he has the Triforce & what he shall become.

“Hey! You can’t talk about my daddy like that!” Nyx snapped off to say, as she was gonna tackle this guy if Spike & Phobos didn’t hold the filly back.

“Pitiful child, you know nothing. A failure like his mother or even his father. Till then, say goodbye to what you once knew.” Seekcurse remarked off about Nyx’s naive behavior before taunting about Ben’s family while saying other strange things here.

Everyone backed away in not knowing what was going on as Starlight Glimmer stayed put in the spot. Twilight fired a magic beam from her horn, Nyx did the same to help, even Ben fired a Sword Beam, but the attacks were not able to penetrate the rotating spell rings rotating upwards. Then a strong wind was coming in, as it almost blew Spike, Nyx & Phobos away if Twilight & Ben didn’t grab them to keep them either wrap in a wing or in a hoof. They all watch as strange electricity form above before something that form appeared; it took the form of an open magical line jar that had strange symbols on the sides with rotating edge patterns & inside it was some emerald color of leading to…a bottomless void. Strange gear making noises are heard as if sounding mechanical like…a ticking clock. Starlight Glimmer smiled wickedly at seeing this, the rotating of images of stars in spheres, no one knew what sort of spell it was. But then Starlight Glimmer made her body glow in the same magic her horn lit up before hovering off the throne chair, before dashing off into the emerald void. Seekcurse also leaped up on the table to go after the mare as well. Then in the next moment as everyone was bracing from what was happening, the entire shell jar thing shrank to disappear in a tiny ball of light, leaving Twilight & her family baffled in what just happened.

“That’s it? I was expecting a little more?” Phobos questioned off the action they seen in not knowing what was going on behind it.

“Forget that! Where'd she go?” Spike asked off to approach the table, looking up from where Starlight Glimmer went into something & vanished the next.

“I don't know, Spike, but I think we better find out! Something out of the ordinary she did!” Twilight stated off worried about this as she approach the map to look at it with suspension; what did Starlight Glimmer do.

“The map looks fine, so…that’s okay.” Ben stated from seeing the map was still in one piece.

“What we need is clues to tell us what happened here.” Nyx stated off in what they should do, find & learn what even took place here.

“I guess we could start with this.” Spike’s voice stated off in what they can do to check for clues.

“Good idea, it’s the only clue we got.” Phobos’s voice also responded in agreement on the subject of what they got.

Hearing what the baby dragons said made the ponies become cautiously worried as they look to see Spike & Phobos reaching towards; a scrubbed up scroll that Starlight Glimmer tossed off. At the same moment, a strange shadow figure was in the room, studying what was going on.

“So, it starts.” It was some familiar masked mercenary assassin, the Equestrian Eliminator as he suddenly slips through the shadows & dives into Twilight’s shadow without her knowing it while everyone was focus on what thereby Dragons were about to do.

“Spike, Phobos, no! Don't touch that!” Twilight turned around to stop the baby Dragons from touching that strange paper object.

Then without warning, the same magical circular ring from the council table rose up, this time in violet magic aura color rotation going upwards. And just like before, the same shell jar object appeared above with the rotating & loud gear clock noises as a wind suction force was starting to pull the Sparkle Family towards it.

“It’s sucking us in!” Nyx yelled out in seeing what was happening.

“HOLD ON!” Ben screamed out for them to hold on tight to each other.

“Waaaaaughhhh-Aaahhhh!” Screaming was heard at this time, as Spike & Phobos were getting pulled in while Twilight, Ben & Nyx held onto the baby Dragon’s tails while getting pulled into the emerald void. Then in a split second, the entire object vanished in a tiny light after this that were sucked in, vanished along with it. Then at the same moment, someone came in through a door as it was Pinkie Pie & Pinkamena, delivering some cake before noticing, no one was around.

“Did you hear any noises?” Pinkamena asked off in thinking there were voices around here.

“Huh! Looks empty to me, I thought Twilight & her family came back/” Pinkie Pie shrug off puzzled in seeing no one was around.

“Well that’s a shame, we even had a surprise welcome back & celebration for Twilight’s Speech cake ready.” Pinkamena pondered off that they had a cake for Twilight after they heard the mare return, but now she ain’t here to celebrate.

“Wanna chow down on it so it won’t go to waste?” Pinkie Pie offered off that they enjoy the cake in the meantime.

“Well, we should be worrying about the situation & of what’s happen.” Pinkamena stated off to think that something happened that they should take more precaution of concerns for, however… “But…..that can wait until AFTER Cake! And then some CUPCAKES I brought along!” She smiled off in showing the cupcakes she had, the two can figure things out until after a little…snacking; that is so Pinkie Pie random of them.

Then without warning, both Pinkie Pie & Pinkamena opened their mouths to take a big bite chunk of the chocolate cake; never knowing of what transpired here. The scene goes dark as we have a change of scenery here…

 

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At this time, Flare Tiger was helping her friend Flower Dog water some flowers for a garden sector in Ponyville, & their friend Shadow Cat was helping out. Everything was going well until an invisible spark volt zipped across that impacted Flare Tiger’s head, causing her to drop what she was doing to hold it & let off loud moan noises. This caused her friends to stop that they were doing to check up on Flare Tiger’s condition.

“Flare Tiger, wha’s wrong?” Flower Dog asked in seeing her friend was feeling some unusual effect.

“Something is happening, Ah felt it. The timeline, someone is about ta do something ta effect things here.” Flare Tiger issued off in having felt something was off, something that would become major trouble.

“Wait, what? Can’t it be stopped?” Shadow Cat asked off in feeling this could be bad unless something is done.

“There’s no time ta waste, we gotta tussle up other Wielders of Elements & get ta Stark International. Ah’ll explain later, something this bad, could only lead ta something worse ahead in where we may need help!” Flare Tiger explained off to say this about what they need to do, gather friends & meet in a central location of someone they know who is a friend.

With a decision made, Flare Tiger used her element to open a dimension portal to allow her, Flower Dog & Shadow Cat to quickly go through it; their destination, gather up some Element Wielders & meet at Stark International. As the dimensional portal began to close & the scene goes dark, we can tell, something is going to happen that may require the aid of friends in something that may affect them all for….all TIME it seems!

 

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Meanwhile, with the Sparkle Family…

 

We see Spike & Phobos holding onto the scroll while Twilight, Ben & Nyx held onto the baby Dragons while they continue to scream through a strange void tunnel. As they gone through they see a magical image of an hourglass rotating as more clock ticking sounds are heard while it goes further into the back of the blacken end of the tunnel.

Then in the next moment, the same shell jar appeared in the open skies from sparking a bit & soon opened up to where it let off what it suck in. As the Sparkle Family was falling, the baby Dragons let go of the scroll as being paperweight, it was slowly descending. Everyone was screaming as they seem tone plunging to their demise when…a thought came to them.

“Wait, why are we screaming, most of us have wings & magic to help us fly?” Nyx questioned off to remind everyone that they can fly then just keep falling.

“Nyx is right, ugh, how could we forget?” Ben slapped his forehead in not believing he forgot about that.

Realizing those that can fly, Twilight & Nyx opened their wings to start flapping to stop their fast descend while Ben summoned his Hover Boots to help him rush off the descent.

“HEEEEEELP/Waaaugh-Aaaaughhh!” But Phobos & Spike’s cries signal differently as they were too scared as they were about to hit the ground…until Twilight’s magic levitated the baby Dragons who shielded their eyes. Then from opening their eyes, they saw they were fine before the ponies landed on the road pavement of somewhere that was daytime. As they inspect the place, it was mostly made of…clouds. And there were lots of Pegasus Ponies flying around, many that we’re only just fillies &colts, but there were some adults. Didn’t take long to piece things together in WHERE the gang ended up in…

“Wait, we’re in Cloudsdale? But, Starlight doesn't even have wings!” Spike questioned off in pondering why Starlight Glimmer would come here since the pony is a unicorn.

“Why would she even come here, heck, even I don’t know,” Phobos shrug off to say in looking to the others, this was puzzling even for his mind.

“I don't know, but it looked like she could fly with just magic!” Twilight shook her head with concern worries before rubbing her chin to think that Starlight Glimmer managed to fly with only her magic. “She may have worn that outfit, but I think Flash destabilized the hover hoof boots, so she’s relying on magic instead.” She explained that though Starlight Glimmer wore that Equalizer suit, the mechanical function of hover boots were shot, so the mare is using magic instead.

“Well most unicorns need to have a good concentration to pull that off & enough focus, even Rarity has only started to learn about using her Eternal Style of using gems as hover hoof-steps.” Ben explained off that another friend of theirs is starting to learn how to soar by different measurements.

“We best keep our eyes open. We don't know what Starlight Glimmer has planned.” Twilight issued off to say this that whatever Starlight glimmer is planning, they must be prepared for anything.

Just then without warning, something WHOOSHED by the group that caught them by surprise, it was a fast little light blue kind of filly Pegasus with…rainbow mane & tail.

“Wait…Isn't that…Rainbow Dash?” Spike asked off as he & the others narrow their eyes to see the filly that pass by them was…their friend.

“Either that or it’s some pony who’s a super craze fan that has the same fur color & died their mane & tail with rainbow colors.” Phobos rubbed his head to random suggest something that sounded crazy to believe.

“Guys…Did Rainbow Dash look really young to you?” Twilight asked this off with a concern expression on her face about the pony in question that seem…younger than usual. “And if that was her, I didn't see a cutie mark.” As Twilight spoke, Spike took out from a bag he brought with binoculars as he & Phobos looked through them, even Ben took out his Hawkeye Mask to help get a better view from afar. From afar, the scene shows what look like fillies of Fluttershy & an arguing Rainbow Dash talking to two colts known as Hoops & Dumb-Bell. “You don't think…” Twilight was about to ask this in thinking that if Rainbow Dash who doesn’t have a cutie mark is here now, then…could this mean.

“...We ended up traveling back in time to when Rainbow Dash raced the bullies, who made fun of Fluttershy, & performed her first Sonic Rainboom?” Spike lowered his binoculars in slowly catching up to the detail of where & WHEN they are to an event that played out something in many ponies’ lives.

“Can that really be Auntie Rainbow & Fluttershy as fillies?” Nyx asked off in never believing she see her aunts when they were young.

“That definitely looked like them, when we went through the Labyrinth of Illusions, Shadow Ghoul showed me images of all of Twilight’s friends as fillies. I’m not mistaken, it’s them down to the last letter.” Ben stated off in recalling when he saw the Mane Six as fillies from an illusion from the Shadow Ghoul back in the End of Equestria, no doubt, what they see are the real deal.

“So then we really HAVE gone back in time?” Phobos issued off to say this in seeing they really did go back in time.

“You guys, only Star Swirl the Bearded could do something like that & even his spell just went back a week!” Twilight slap her forehead to remind her group about a famous spell caster in history that performed the spell of time travel & that when Twilight performed it from getting a future of herself from a week ago, tried to tell her something which lead to a whole lotta crazy stuff afterwards. “How could Starlight do more than the Greatest Wizard in Equestria that even the Mystics acknowledged his talents?” Twilight pondered off to ask how in the world Starlight Glimmer achieve what even Star Swirl the Bearded couldn’t do.

“That’s a good question, last time Flash & Sunset stopped her in the council room from taking the Book Of Forbidden Spells before she escaped & left her Equalizer getup, so the question remains…how did she do this?” Ben questioned off that when those that told them about the Equalizer coming to take something from their possession, they were received a book filled with powerful spell knowledge did not fall i the wrong clutches, but still, where did Starlight Glimmer come across a time travel spell?

Then a paper was rustling in the wind, which made the group stop their discussion to find…a familiar scroll that started this random event of time travel.

“Um, guys…I think I know how Starlight Glimmer did the trick. With this.” Spike stated from glimpsing over the scroll & showed it to Twilight & the rest with a serious frown face; written words with star & moon images with equation & stuff on it.

“That old thing, what is it?” Phobos asked off puzzled i seeing that little paper.

Twilight looks the scroll over with her focus narrow eyes before, her eyes became wide eye in shock & horror.

“Star Swirl's spell! Oh, no!” Twilight gasped in shock in realizing what this was, a scroll that was once the spell Star Swirl the Bearded made for time travel, somehow…Starlight Glimmer obtain it.

“She must have gotten it from our library when Grandma Celestia sent over lots of books!” Nyx stated in how they must have received this spell from Star Swirl the Bearded’s spell book of research & that Starlight Glimmer managed to snatch it.

“Come on, what are we waiting for? Let's go!” Spike packs away the scroll to eagerly issue that they get going here.

“Go where to Spike?” Ben asked off puzzled in wondering where Spike was wanting to go off to in this place in the past.

“To watch the race of course. I don't wanna miss the Rainboom!” Spike issued off eagerly in wanting to see when Filly Rainbow Dash performs a first Sonic Rainboom that makes history.

“Hey yeah, being the first to watch history in the making & being a part of it, sign me up!” Phobos exclaimed off in becoming interested to see something that will make things a lot more interesting.

But Spike & Phobos were not careful since they walked off the road & into the cloud surface as they were not flying types. Twilight, Ben & Nyx yelped in seeing this before Twilight used her magic horn to levitate the baby Dragons from the cloud to be on her & Ben as they smiled with determination.

“Whoa!” Spike & Phobos yelps when the adult ponies & Nyx took off to fly off to where since they are here; may as well see something to take their mind off of things.

At this moment, the scene changes to where we see many fillies & colts of Cloudsdale watching a starting point of a race; where Rainbow Dash, Hoops & Dumb-Bell were at the starting point & Fluttershy was the checker flagger in the center.

“Hugh…” Fluttershy yelped from when she swung the checker flag, the racers were off but they zoom pass her. “Wuhuhuhhahahah…ahahaha, Waahahaahhh…” As she was spinning around & around, she soon fell off her cloud towards the solid ground. Watching this action from above was the Sparkle group, Twilight saw what happened to Filly Fluttershy to almost stretch her wings to go down to help, but Spike held her wings to tap her head in getting her attention.

“Remember Twilight, Fluttershy is supposed to experience this.” Spike wiggled his finger to remind Twilight, she can’t help out in a course of something in the past.

“I agree, if we help her out, it might change the future.” Ben nods off in knowing that helping Fluttershy during a time when she fell off from Cloudsdale may lead to her not meeting her animals or discover her cutie mark.

“Right, so…we gotta not be helping the weak, pathetic, crybaby Fluttershy, so she can get her cutie mark?” Phobos was saying this much remotely before he got a whack form Spike. “Ow, what I say?” He asked off in not realizing that mistake of his.

“Of course.” Twilight rolled her eyes in being reminded of this; Fluttershy needs to be where she was in when she earn her cutie mark.

“Let’s just watch Aunt Rainbow’s race, that’ll be more exciting to see!” Nyx suggested this which everyone agreed to look to see how the young dare-devil was gonna do things in her race.

As we speak, Young Rainbow Dash was racing in the head spot as Young Hoops & Young Dumb-Bell were right behind the filly when they zipped through the first cloud ring. Rainbow Dash looked at the two bullies to see they were trying to keep up, but she was not pushing herself to take the lead. Young Rainbow Dash made a sharp turn around a corner to go through the next cloud ring, followed by Young Hoops, but Young Dumb-Bell didn’t make it as he flew straight to crash into a cloud pillar & was seeing stars.

“Whoa!” Young Rainbow Dash smiled in having the lead until Young Hoops bumps her from the left side to take the lead.

“Heh. Later, Rainbow Crash!” Young Hoops looked to the filly in signing off to taunt the pony as he dove down to take the lead.

“Hey!” Young Rainbow Dash yelled off to protest of that cheater’s move to get the lead, as she instantly rebound before shooting off to catch up to the bully.

However, as the race was going on, none saw something using magic to hover from a cloud nearby, as it was none other taen the hidden Starlight Glimmer smirking at the race reaching its final course.

“Aw, so sorry about doing this.” Starlight Glimmer made a pretend pout to say this to the young Rainbow Dash as her horn was glowing at the moment.

Young Rainbow Dash was making a fast dive in which a rainbow force was covering her front as she was giving it her all to catch up to Hoops as this was about to be the beginning of the Sonic Rainboom. But just then, a strange magic beam impacted Young Rainbow Dash, ceasing her action & movement in mid-air, much to her surprise.

“Hey! What gives?” Young Rainbow Dash protest off in not knowing what was going on that something was keeping her from moving.

Then the foals cheer as the winner that cross the finished line was…Young Hoops!? And as this was going on, Twilight, Spike, Ben, Nyx & Phobos watch this with puzzling concerns.

“Um, I know I never pay much attention about history that was boring, but…wasn’t the winner Rainbow Dash?” Phobos asked off in recalling that the winner of this race was Rainbow Dash when she won as a filly?

“Right, & where’s the Rainboom?” Nyx nods off to say this in more puzzlement that something else was missing from the picture.

“I got a bad feeling about this unexpected event may trigger some unlikely results.” Ben stated off to say this in feeling that something about this feels like what was history, may change.

Below Cloudsdale, we see a giggling Fluttershy with some butterflies that were making her happy. But then without warning, many of the birds, ducks, bunnies, ferrets, beavers, etc. were leaving the filly much to her confusion…& sadness.

Within Manehattan at the time, a Young Applejack looked out through the city with a sad face with feelings of missing home at Sweet Apple Acres. But at that moment, she just…sighs in sadness before shutting the curtains in not seeing anything interesting from the busy streets of the city while walking away.

Within a familiar Rock Farm, we see a Young Pinkie Pie moving rocks on her rock farm near some collective rock piles. She wipes off the sweat from her forehead, looked up at the sky where it was still dark; crow’s cawing & nothing exciting was going on. And so the pink filly looked down in sadness to just continue her chores.

Near a certain edge, we find Young Rarity by a large boulder rock in staring at it in puzzlement of why her horn brought the filly here. When nothing of interest happened, she just…pushed the boulder off the cliff which broke on the ground as the filly was walking away; never knowing what was INSIDE the thing that brought her here.

And within Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns, we see Young Twilight straining herself to make her horn’s magic do something to hatch Spike’s egg. But all she got was a tiny spark that flew off to touch the egg’s surface, bounce off with no result, the filly looked down in…sadness in being unable to hatch a simple dragon egg. She looked up to the board of the school with Sir Spell Nexus as they used their magic horns to mark off this action of NOT hatching a dragon egg by a…Miss Twilight Sparkle. A Young Twilight looked down with sadness in seeing that she knows what happened, she failed the entry test…

Meanwhile, back in Cloudsdale, Young Rainbow Dash was still frozen in place with her body unmoving. All from the handy work of a smear smirking Starlight Glimmer as she had her magic hover herself in admiring the work she did. But soon approaching the pony that interfered with a race that played out an important role in Equestria was the frowning Twilight, Ben, Nyx, & even the frown & arm cross Spike & Phobos.

“What did you do?!” Twilight asked off in demand of what Starlight Glimmer just did here.

“You, & your group are about to find out.” Starlight Glimmer issued off with a wise-crack remark in stating the answer to that question to those upset by her action.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Phobos asked off in not following while upset over the change of the race.

Then without warning, the now dubbed Magical Time Portal suddenly flash above the puzzled Sparkle group. And then those that were near Starlight Glimmer felt themselves getting sucked in while Starlight remain where she was. As the Time Portal soon closed in on itself while the mare watch in knowing how her act will bring results, as she dons her helmet as the Equalizer…

“You should have just killed the filly.” Seekcurse appeared from nearby a cloud to lean on, suggesting what the mare in the getup should have done.

“This is MY task & I’ll thank you to not interfere, I’m working on equality, not murder here!” Starlight Glimmer spoke through the Equalizer’s helmet to protest in what she is going for is making things become perfectly equal; killing someone to change things is NOT a line she is going to cross.

“Very well, I’ll leave you to handle things while I just watch from afar.” Seekcurse sighs to say in letting this mare handle everything while he observes from afar.

“Good. Because if they come back, then I’ll be ready.” As The Equalizer issued off to say this, she flew off while everything fades out while Seekcurse showed a hidden evil grin on his face.

 

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At this moment, a flash appears in the skies before the Magical Time Portal appears with the void opened up. Screams are heard before we see Twilight, Spike, Ben, Nyx & Phobos screaming as they fell out before making a rough landing in where they yelp on. Then the Magical Time Portal vanished from the skies again once it was done.

“Ugh…” Twilight was shown manning to rub her head from feeling sore as she was in a familiar throne chair.

“Ugh…Everyone okay?” Ben struggles to hold his aching head with his eyes shut in asking how everyone else was fairing.

“I think my head broke my fall.” Phobos stated to say in having landed on his head when he hit the ground.

“Oh Phobos.” Nyx pushed herself up lightly in seeing her pet pal in such a silly state.

Just then, in front of Twilight’s attention, she saw what looked like the Council Table that displays the map of Equestria, but something seems….off; it looks all dark & rough.

“I don't know what Starlight's up to yet, but we'd better figure it out before it's too late.” Twilight exclaimed off to say this with worrying concerns in not liking what looks like a change map; as Spike & Phobos slowly got themselves up before looking ahead.

“Um, Twilight? I think…it already is.” Spike slowly pointed this out in feeling like he’s got some bad news to tell of what was seen before them.

“Yeah, like for example….our living situation.” Phobos pointed off in noticing that they have a huge problem.

At that moment, Twilight Sparkle gasped off in wide shock, even Ben & Nyx were left speechless in seeing that the entire structure of the Rainbow Castle IS GONE! There was nothing around the grassy field or by the waterfall, all that remain was the Council of Friendship’s table & even IT looked busted!

“Uh, Twilight? Where's our castle?” Spike asked coffin not noticing where the walls that surround the council table of the Rainbow Castle is.

“Our home….it’s gone!” Nyx exclaimed in shock, it was hard enough losing their first home like the Golden Oak’s Library, but now their second home.

“How was that possible? And more to the point, how’d we get back here from the past?” Ben questioned off these things in not getting enough answers of what the heck was going on.

“I think I have a theory. The map must have pulled us back.” Twilight looked to the crystal form of Equestria’s map in thinking it must have pulled them back to where they started. “But it seems whatever Starlight did in the past, changed things here!” She exclaimed that whatever Starlight Glimmer did in the past, effected & change stuff in the future of their present.

“It did!?” Nyx yelps off in having heard this, so what Starlight Glimmer did has altered their current present to be like this!

“But why? And how did we get here? Where's here?” Spike questioned off these things to tap his chin, how did they get pulled here & where they even are for that matter.

“It’s more like ‘when’ than where, Spike.” Twilight used her magic to pull the time scroll Spike had in his backpack to show this to the baby Dragon in stating about the time verse of expansion.

“What do you mean Twilight?” Spike asked off in not following this talk all of a sudden.

“Yeah, cause I’m not real fast in understanding time distortion, & stuff that makes my brain hurt.” Phobos positioned off his limitations in understanding geek talk, etc.

“Starlight altered Star Swirl's spell of time travel, then somehow used it on the map we have to travel into the past & change something!” Twilight took the map to study it before looking back at the others to explain a theory of what Starlight Glimmer did to a certain time travel spell with the use of their map to go further back in time to change something. “Once she did that, the map then pulled us right back to the present! In short, the future of where we live in!” She exclaimed to say this about what happened that when whatever was change, the ma brought them back to the present to show them the new future.

“So we're back where….I mean, when we started?” Spike cross his arms to shrug off to think, but yelped to figure out what was going on.

“Not exactly Spike.” Nyx stated this to Spike in where he & even Phobos have a hard time following such complicated science stuff like time travel philosophy, etc.

Nyx is right, as we can see…everything's different. Look at this.” Twilight stated this off with worry as she & everyone approach the map to see a change. “The map doesn't even make sense anymore of what we use to know!” Twilight pointed out as her concerning voice stated that what they see shows a different Equestria of where much of the map has changed. “The Crystal Empire takes up half of Equestria!” From where the map shows as Twilight explains, the only locations shown while what looks like many towns that existed are gone to replace with dark crystal shards covering the area, are Arimaspi Territory, Griffonstone, & the center of it at the top was…the Crystal Empire, but taken a darkly shape of a form.

“Plus there's the whole missing castle thing.” Spike pointed out in reminding Twilight & the rest of their castle missing from where they are & it’s not on the map either.

“Worse than that, all of our stuff is gone too!” Phobos stated to panic in all of their things in the castle is now gone.

“Phobos, we need to focus here.” Nyx lectures her pet pal to focus on the bigger issue at hand here.

“Nyx’s right, look here, Canterlot is missing, something must have happened to mom & everyone else. We need to find answers.” Ben pointed out in noticing that if Canterlot Castle is not o the map, something must have happened to Princess Celestia, his mom could be anywhere.

“Right!” Twilight nods to say while thinking this over, so many problems have occur & they don’t have any clue how to handle it all. “This case is too big to handle on our own.” Twilight spoke off in determination in saying this job was bigger then what they could do on their own terms.

“You think so?” Spike exclaimed in seeing that Twilight acknowledges that a problem this huge, can’t be solved by them alone.

“Listen everyone, we need to find our friends & get help!” Twilight issued off to say this, that they need to rally up their friends if they are gonna fix whatever happened.

“Where do we start?” Phobos asked i not knowing where they go to find their pals.

“I see Ponyville, if anything, they might be there.” Ben pointed in seeing what looks like the town structure of Ponyville near them.

“Then let’s go!” Nyx issued off that they best get going to find the rest of the Mane Five to fix this situation; everyone nods in agreement, as they all leave the map to venture towards Ponyville.

The scene changes now to where cawing crows are heard, as the Sparkle gang were traveling down a deserted & wasteland spot of where an old road path is seen. And they soon entire what appears to be Ponyville, only…it’s all in shambles, it looks like windows & doors were patch up, some ceilings lost the hay or some never got fix properly; it’s like an abandon town. Spike & Phobos did stop their walk in spotting a pony from her home to wave at them, only for the mare to gasp & shut her blinds in fear; leaving the baby Dragons puzzled.

“Well that was rude! You think they acted like they don’t know us!” Phobos complained in having been treated like no one knows them.

“I’m gettin' a bad feeling about this, Twilight.” Spike stated off to say as he & Phobos rejoin the others.

“I know, Spike, but this is Ponyville. The home of where three pony cultures mix in. How bad could things be?” Twilight replied off to say this while trying to put on a smile to state ‘how bad could things be then this’ while moving towards their next spot…

“Uh, Twilight…you may wanna see this.” Ben stated off in noticing something ahead of them

From the cawing crows, the Sparkle Gang arrived what looks like…the former glory that was once…Sugarcube Corner. Many were shown with sad & frown & worried faces in seeing what was once a lovely pastry shop now reduce to…this. A simple bread shop with the decorative bread design.

“Isn’t that supposed to be….Sugarcube Corner?” Spike asked off puzzled in not believing the place Pinkie Pie lives in would look so….un-fun & enjoyable.

“This is the location, but….why is it a bread-shop?” Nyx stated in knowing this place seems to sell bread than pastries.

“Better question…WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE SWEETS!?” Phobos yelled out to panic in seeing what was their place for sweets is gone.

“I don't understand. Pinkie Pie would have made this place be so happy & fun to visit.” Twilight shook her head in being puzzled by this, this should not be right.

“If this is what happened like our castle, then what other changes might have affected the home of our friends?” Ben exclaimed in having to think what could have caused this weird stuff to which the events happen from where they & possibly other ponies they know live around too.

“Gaaaugh! Oh no!” Spike suddenly gasped without warning, as he ran off ahead of everyone else before they followed him. We hear panting, as the scene shows what was shown to be Carousel Boutique, only the styles of a fabulous outfit shop was patch with wooden boards by windows & all as it too was abandon as Spike approaches it. “Rarity!” Spike called out to the mare, as he was knocking on the door with worry but got no response. “Grrr….” Then Spike goes over to a boarded window as he grunts from picking himself up. “Rarity?!” Spike called out again with worry of the pony he has a crush on as he begins to sweat with worry; where was Rarity.

“I don't think she's here, Spike.” Twilight’s voice cuts in at this time when she & the rest find Spike to which the sad baby Dragon slowly gets down on the ground in full sadness. “I’m not sure anything we know is the same as what we once knew before.” Twilight sadly stated this as everyone seem to look down in the dumps; everything’s changed & not for the better. “But maybe, just maybe, I know one place that could never change!” Twilight was in a deep thought before she smiled to hug Spike in stating this with a positive attitude of having come across something that may help.

“The town dump?” Phobos randomly guess that to be unchanged.

“No, Sweet Apple Acres, they were the first settlers that help start Ponyville.” Twilight explained that she was meaning AJ’s farm & about how the Apples settle & help start Ponyville.

“That’s right, Granny Smith came in to school for Apple Bloom to talk about Ponyville history.” Nyx nods off in recalling that, it was a great & inspiring history lesson.

“Then let’s go, it might be the last lead we can get to know what’s happen.” Ben stated off that they need to go & check out this clue.

Later on, the Sparkle Gang was off to find one pony whose family must still be around, & so they are off to the history sight of the Apple Family. Unfortunately, from the squeaking of an apple sign, the Sparkle Family bear witness something unnatural of where what was a farm of nature & wonder was now….turn into some kind of…Industrial Plant! The smoke from the plant was clouding up the clouds, turning what was a cheerful farm into something else. Everyone had wide-gaping mouths in not believing this, what in the world happened that the Apple Farm is now an Industrial Plant?

“Wow, so in this world, the Apples Farm…is a Facility?” Phobos slowly spoke off ion seeing what was going on.

“That can’t be! We gotta see what’s happening inside!” Nyx shook her head off that they need to figure out what happened here.

Soon approaching a dirty window, Twilight & Ben wiped the dirt off to see what was happening for them & Nyx to see. And inside, they saw what looked like an apple-producing machinery that was running to squirt apple sauce into cans with Granny Smith’s picture on it. Above was a steaming pot with the lid wobbling a bit before opening up to let in some apples from a belt line come dumping in before sealing the lid shut. More of Granny Smith’s Can Apple Sauce, was being bang on by a hammer. And all around, we see what look like many machines grinding & hissing & rumbling, as we see who was working. Big Mac was checking a paper board & AJ was working on the pouring machine while they wore working uniforms for an Industrial Apple-Producing Plant.

“I never expected a day when the apples would be in the productive business, this seems kind of…well, different from before.” Ben rubbed his noggin in finding this scenery to be, very unnatural indeed.

As the Sparkle Gang looked through the windows to see what was going on inside, the ponies look to their right in spotting someone roll a barrel out with a plain & dull expression; it was…Applejack!

“Applejack!” Twilight exclaimed off in surprise to see the first of her friends was here.

“Aunt Applejack!” Nyx exclaimed off in being surprised too in seeing who was here in this crazy place.

And as Applejack was rolling a barrel down, a smiling Twilight & Nyx hug her much to her weird surprise by such….huggable folks.

“Pardon me, but wha can I do fer ye all?” Applejack frowns to push Twilight & Nyx off of her in asking if there was something this bunch wanted.

“It's so good to see you! We couldn't find Pinkie or Rarity or Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash, but I just knew you'd still be here!” Twilight was running off her mouth in issuing off a bunch of names left & right while being so happy to see AJ who rolled a barrel into a cart.

“Of course I am. This here is my home.” Applejack issued off to plainly state that this farm is her home, she wouldn’t be anywhere else. “But who in de tarnation is Pinkie Bow and Flutterdash?” She asked off in being puzzled in getting the names jumbled up a bit after she was done setting her barrel. “Or fer tat matter, fer ye all?” Applejack issued off to say this while passing by the group in sounding like, she don’t know them.

“Say what now?” Ben replied off shock, did AJ ask who they were?

“You... don't know who I am?” Twilight asked off in sounding a bit…heartbroken, the others were shock too.

“Nope. Not a clue.” Applejack issued off to say she doesn’t know anyone. “Honestly, de only name I recognize is Rarity, but she left this here town fer Manehattan some years ago.” Applejack shrug off her shoulders when passing by the others in having to only recall Rarity’s name…before she left.

“Well, it’s probably to become a world-famous fashion designer, I bet’cha. She did always say that when I was with her.” Spike shrug off his shoulders to cheer their group up in thinking of what Rarity is doing in Manehattan, where folks make it big.

“Not dat I know of.” Applejack’s voice cuts in from having heard the discussion about Rarity & what she’s doing, but it sounded like…that wasn’t the case. “Last I heard, she went to help with the cause like everypony else.” She lets down a frown & a bit of a gloomy mood before placing the cart’s door up in having finished her barrels in while stating what Rarity was doing like so many others.

“The cause?” Twilight raised a suspicious eyebrow i having heard this, what’s this ‘Cause’ that sounds new to her & her family that they never heard about?

“What’s…The Cause, if you can explain to us?” Phobos asked off dumbly in liking an explanation here.

“Seriously? De Cause stands fer…De war against King Sombra & his Crystal Empire.” Applejack approached the group to plainly state what is going on, the ‘Cause’ is a military term for their battle for freedom against King Sombra.

“What?!” Twilight, Spike, Ben, Nyx & Phobos replied off in a loud voice of shock in hearing that name suddenly, even spooked AJ a bit by their reaction to see their more worried faces.

“Okay, this here’s basic knowledge fer all of us folks. But where have ye all been dat ye don’t know this?” Applejack narrow her eyes in questioning those that have been somewhere that they don’t know anything about such basic history.

“Actually, it's when.” Spike pointed off to say in a sly smile in correcting the time term sentence.

“Don’t ask, it’s hard to explain, believe me.” Phobos issued off to simply say this to AJ.

“I know this is hard to believe, but you & I and those other ponies I mentioned are friends!” Twilight insisted off with a worried expression to explain not Applejack here about her & the other Mane Five members are all friends.

“She’s right, you are all the Mane Six.” Ben explained off in knowing that is something to be true about.

“Did ye bump yer head on a crate of cider or somethin’?” Applejack dryly asked off in thinking these folks are talking nonsense about such mumbo-jumbo.

“I’m telling you the truth! The honest truth!” Twilight proclaim this as being serious about such a thing to AJ. “And if you come with me, I'll prove it.” Twilight declared off to say this that if AJ follows her, then she can show the mare that what is said is the truth.

“Right, just follow us!” Nyx nodded off to say this that they will show AJ the truth.

Everyone soon rushes off to head off, while Applejack sighs to turn back to get to work. Or would have, except a magic aura got covered around her body & YANKED her away from the cart without warning by no doubt Twilight’s magic handy work.

Later on, the scene opens towards the Friendship Council table in where the map is seen, as the gang have brought Applejack to see things here for the pony to know, what they said was the truth of the matter. Pretty much the explanation aside, the area itself seem new that AJ never seen before.

“Well, I'll admit this much ta ye folks. I've lived in these parts my whole life & I've never seen this before.” Applejack issued off to honestly say this in seeing this place first time, as she never knew it even existed until just now.

“There's also supposed to be a castle that goes with it.” Spike held up his arms in stating that there is a castle that comes with this table of a map, which he frowns in seeing it’s no longer here.

“Yeah, & you were a councilman pony! I mean, who WOULDN’T want a job like that for being an honest type?” Phobos pointed out what AJ here was in another time, much to her confusion.

“Yeah, let’s just focus on what we wanna know now before getting sidetracked.” Ben rolled his eyes in thinking they best just keep moving on the focus subject for now.

“Well, okay…but I still don't see what this has to do with this pony and I bein' friends.” Applejack lightly pointed this off to Twilight in not following how this all is supposed to be fro, the two being friends.

“Another pony named Starlight Glimmer used this map to travel through time & change things in the past.” Twilight narrow her eyes to the map to seriously explain this to Applejack about who caused something in the past that did something to the now. “For some reason we don’t know, the map's here but everything else is different!” Twilight pointed off that while the map is here, it’s everywhere else that appears different from before while AJ studies the map closely.

“Exactly wha ye mean by…different how?” Applejack looked to Twilight in liking a little more detail about how things are different compared to before.

“Would you being my honorary aunt count? And that I’m a good friend of your younger sister, Apple Bloom.” Nyx pointed this out to say, much to AJ’s surprise in what she heard.

“Hugh….I’m your honorary aunt?” Applejack yelped in having heard this as Nyx nods her head with a smile as the pony thinks this through. “I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout dat, nor do I have a sister name Apple Bloom, I came back ta my family ta find my Granny & Big Mac.” Applejack explained that the only family she came back to see, was her big brother & her granny.

“I guess in another time line, you had a little sister, but here…seems to be different if you never went home from Manehattan,” Ben rubbed his chin in having to guess what happened & it’s not a pretty picture if a pony they knew was not born in this timeline.

“Okay, so, wha’s another different?” Applejack continuing on to move the subject off about her having a little sister.

“Well, for one thing Applejack, where we come from, there's no war with King Sombra. He was already defeated & stopped at that time & someone turn him good.” Twilight stated off puzzled in knowing that from where her family came from, there was no war with King Sombra; having heard such a thing made Applejack look down in sadness & sorrow as it didn’t take everyone to know that hearing about a time point that there was no war, sounded pretty nice about now. “Maybe you could tell us how the war started in the first place, then we can figure out when everything changed after that!” Twilight tried to perk AJ up by asking for a history about how things came to be, so that maybe she & her family could unravel the mystery of how everything turn out to be in this new alternate timeline.

“Well sure, dat’s easy enough ta explain.” Applejack stated off that she can tell these folks about what happened when things changed; as the mare sigs for a brief moment in about to explain the story. “When de Crystal Empire returned, it brought King Sombra back with it.” AJ explained from narrowing her eyes at the Crystal Empire image on the map, stating about what occurred during the time.

The scene changes to show the evil form view of the Crystal Empire, in which it was a more dark vision of what beauty it once held while all of the lands were like a wasteland. Soon approaching from the balcony from the palace, as there were evil flames that were whooshing about as the one coming out in full armor was…the Evil King Sombra! The evil king stood over his apace in feeling himself superior to all things.

“And it didn't take long for him ta force every one of his subjects ta fight fer him against Equestria.” As Applejack narrates, we see the subjects of the Crystal Empire were in chains & looking miserable; including the pony Earth mare known as Autumn Gem.

Then from the miserable ponies were suited in gothic battle armor from a red aura glow of magic, before the helmet showed no expression by…eerie emerald glowing eyes. As Evil King Sombra smiled wickedly in having made all of his slaves become his obedient foot soldiers. Soon the scene changes to where on the snowy plain, the Sombra Army began to march across the snow like a unit. From nearby, Princess Celestia had a stern face in waving her left hoof off in having her Royal Guards & Wonderbolt army prepare to engage. The Wonderbolts in question wore what look like sports-type battle armor as we see three fliers going in with a few others tailing. Many of the Sombra Army began to charge forth on the ground level, while many Royal Guards & Wonderbolts ran on ground & flew in air.

“Waaaaughhh!” The sounds of WAR-CRIES were heard from both charging armies before… “Kablamfruvhmmm….” Their collision created a big boom effect as they were all in the smoke cloud. Many Royal Guard stallions were hoof-fighting, head bashing, wrestling, you name it; it was a no holds brawl match between good & evil. But walking through the smoke clouds, the Evil King Sombra appeared to look at what was happening as his horn glowed before…he made dark crystal shards pop from the ground that rose him up while many Royal Guards missed the evil pony & ram into the gemstone wall.

“Hah-Hah-Hah, Haaarrugh!” Evil King Sombra laughs off wickedly in having gotten the upper hold of his state.

One mysterious Wonderbolt mare was going around, bashing & kicking members of Sombra’s Enslaved Army with speed to boast about. But upon landing, she got tackled by one of Sombra’s Soldiers before rising up & knocking the enemy off while losing the headgear. And in a strange motion, this brave fighter was…RAINBOW DASH! But, she seem different, she was more model as some rebellion fighter with a chop Mohawk type mane, a light scar on her left eye, a chip off her left ear, & her left wing was covered in metal-frame work as if suggesting…it was a replace for a lost wing from the war. This Rebel Rainbow Dash soon went off to continue the fight for the ‘Cause’ they are going for.

But while many are fighting, two Sombra Army Units were pushing a big heavy boulder from off a cliff, as it was heading for Rainbow Dash’s location when she stop fighting to notice what was coming; big trouble to flatten her like a pancake. But as Rainbow Dash was preparing for this, two ponies dove in from left & right, & were using their BARE front hooves to bash right through the giant boulder with ease. Open closer look, we discover they appeared like rebellion versions of…Maud Pie & Pinkie Pie with even short buzz-cut manes of flat mane styles with their serious rock smashing attitudes to boot as they tore that boulder to rubble. Rainbow Dash looked up from being saved by the two that saluted in being of service, as Rainbow Dash took off.

Next scene shows Celestia approaching the wounded Royal Guard, as we see Golden Heart wearing some general outfit while we spot Pinkamena who wore her Bird Of Prey getup, helping to treat the injured. The two offered their service, as even General Golden Heart was helping a wounded Lieutenant Jack Zen up who suffered a broken hoof that needs bandaging.

“And even with Princess Celestia leadin' the charge followed by Golden Heart & his sister, the Bird Of Prey…” As Applejack’s voice narrates the story, Sombra Units came from the snow to attack the two alicorns & armor pink mare, only for the princess & prince to use their magic horns to blow the enemies away while the armor mare swung her sword against more Sombra Units coming at them. “It still takes every last pony in Equestria doin' their part.” AJ’s voice narrates to explain this as the scene changes to where from Manehattan, sheep are being sent by Royal Ships as we see a version of Fluttershy in a sheep-cutter getup was buzzing the wool off sheets & Billy goats. “Workin' day and night, to keep up the fight.” Then in another scene as AJ narrates, we see a rugged version of Rarity working by a sewing machine looking like a mess to turn the wool from the sheep into new battle uniforms. Then from another scene, some ponies from towns are boarding a train by the Royal Guard to help lead them out of their homes from the war going on as wanted posters of the Evil King Sombra are seen at the train station while the train blows steam from its whistle motion.

Now the scene returns to the present, in where Twilight, Ben & Nyx along with the baby Dragons heard the tale of what was happening in Equestria now, & it all sounded so…awful.

“Wow, & to think, Pinkamena thought about turning a guy like THAT good.” Phobos issued off to say this in how things gone terrible in when King Sombra came back & is now an acting force of evil.

“Phobos!” Nyx scolds her Moon Dragon for going too far about someone that was a former enemy.

“What! You heard the story! He enslaved & mind-control his subjects to fight against their will, I wouldn’t be surprise if he did that to his gal Autumn Gm!” Phobos pointed out in what they heard is true, King Sombra has done so many bad acts of evil; it’s almost monstrous.

“Wait a second, what about the Mystics, didn’t they help?” Ben asked off in thinking there should have been other allies to help, but what happened?

“Wha de hay are ye talking’ about, de Mystics are an o’ mares tale my granny use ta say. They don’t exist.” Applejack issued off to say this that surprised Ben, the Mystics aren’t involve in this situation.

“Oh man, something tells me this is bigger than I thought now!” Ben spoke worried in having heard this, sounds like their other allies are not involved, could it be what was changed in the past?

“I don’t know what to say, I just can't believe it!” Twilight was so baffled by what she heard that such a story just can’t be true. “We stopped King Sombra! You & me & all of our friends together!” Twilight exclaimed this to hold a surprised AJ in where the mare was stating how they stopped King Sombra from ever trying to perform such acts of evil.

“But de truth of it is, we aren't friends.” Applejack sadly declines to push Twilight’s hooves off her in stating that from her view, she & the mare…aren’t much knowing another to be friends. “At least not here if wha ye said is de darn truth.” She exclaimed to say this with a straight blank expression in knowing that if what Twilight said is true, then the two were friends, but that was another time BEFORE this future was made.

“Right….Not friends,” Twilight looked away in sorrow in knowing this AJ of this alternate timeline is right, they aren’t friends here; who is she to say otherwise.

As Applejack looks around to see the sad & sorrow faces of those that wanted to help, it appears that the atmosphere of war has brought a new meaning of hopelessness to many.

“Look. I hope all this helped ye & all dat, but I really need ta get back ta cannin' those apples.” Applejack sighs to say this to everyone, as she turns around to get herself back to her family’s industrial apple-producing plant were she’s needed to get food supple for their side fighting the ‘Cause’ against King Sombra.

“Thank you, AJ. We're going to set things right. I can at least give you that honest truth of what will be OUR ‘Cause’ to end this.” Twilight stated off to say this to her Applejack of this timeline to insure her that things will get better.

“Hugh…in truth, I hope ye do.” Applejack stops to sigh in looking back in showing a near lost bit of emotional hope in wanting things to go back to ‘peaceful’ times.

“We will! No one should suffer this, we’ll change the future.” Ben issued off that for AJ & many ponies that are suffering this alternate timeline, they’ll fix it so it never happened for a brighter future.

“Thanks, maybe if we met under different times…ye would have been good pals ta help support us in our time of need.” Applejack replied off to say this in having heard Ben’s speech.

Soon Applejack continues to move along to head back home, but the Sparkle Gang still felt like things are not all better; words mean nothing without the action to follow.

But soon the group heard other hoof-steps & turn in expecting some enemy, but instead, it was of two ponies they never expected to see…

“Hey! You guys okay!” Popping out of the nearby bushes was Jade Adventure, followed by another Mystic, Blackwitch.

“Jade!” The group responded off in seeing who was here & was reacting to this very surprised.

“And….Blackwitch?” Ben slowly spoke in seeing who else was with the filly that gets in trouble.

“Wait, how come they act like they know us when AJ didn’t?” Phobos questioned off this act that was puzzling.

“You remembered us?! How?!” Nyx asked off in how the Mystics can remember them when AJ said there are no Mystics around.

“Yeah, there’s a reason for this. Remember the Book of Ages thing?” Jade pointed off to shrug off lightly to bring up something.

“The one that you tore a piece of paper to know about if the CMC would get their Cutie Marks?” Nyx replied off in knowing what Jade did during that weird moment she got in trouble.

“You bet! I’ve got immunity from the time change thing!” Jade smiled off to say this to the black filly.

“Say what now? What do you mean?” Spike asked off in not following that comment.

“It is simple. Anyone or Equestria Ponies who touches the Book of Ages, gives them a strong & powerful immunity from the sudden changes of timeline, especially like this one.” Blackwitch pointed out in stating this much about certain facts for the group to follow.

“For real here? You guys remember what life was like & it was not like this?” Phobos asked off puzzled in having sorta understood all of that.

“Wait! If that is true, why aren't we affected?” Twilight asked off in being puzzled about something of how they can still be safe from the changes of the past.

“That’s right, this happened when Star Swirl’s spell made an encounter with the map here that Starlight Glimmer used to send her & Seekcurse into the past.” Ben replied off in seeing the map that was used with a spell that started this time travel stuff.

“Then you have learn your answer. Star Swirl the Bearded's Time Spell...When anyone used it on the map, it gave them an immunity. And when you used the spell...” Blackwitch said, explaining how the spell worked to the others.

“We're immune to the changes of the new future.” Twilight gasped lightly to hear this; so that is why they can recall things differently to how things are now in this new future.

“Then that might explain why I’m here if Nightmare Moon wasn’t stopped, & daddy is here & not as a Demon Pony, & even Phobos when he was sealed away! Even Spike when he was hatched by mommy along with her still having her wings of an Alicorn!” Nyx exclaimed in realizing why the Sparkle Family are still the same, they can exist in alternate future timelines of the present while still retaining their old memories, even if some of them might not exist due to changes, etc.

“So then, what are you doing here?” Spike asked off in why Jade & Blackwitch are here.

“To help you to stop Starlight Glimmer & Seekcurse. However, I'm after Seekcurse only because he's been a threat far too long.” Blackwitch issued off to simply say this much of a reason.

“How? And for that, how can we stop this?” Twilight raised an eyebrow in not getting why this Mystic is after one enemy while asking another question.

“Look closely of your surroundings especially that which came from the Tree of Harmony...The answer lies there. For now, we must go & find Seekcurse, he may be helping King Sombra from nearby!” Blackwitch exclaimed off to say this much of things for the smart mare to figure out on her own.

“Wait, you said you help us?” Phobos asked off in recalling what this group said they do for them.

“I can only do so much, I’m afraid. Other than myself & Jade, the only other pony who is immune to the changes of the timeline would be the Chronicler, but his hooves are full just seeing what course may occur from a story unwritten with unforetold future encounters. Farewell.” Blackwitch explained off this much of some facts before she & Jade needed to go do other matters to attend to.

Afterwards, Jade & Blackwitch left to which they must try to continue their own task, of locating & stopping Seekcurse of wherever he is & end it. While leaving the matter of stopping Starlight Glimmer, to Twilight & her group to change things…

“So... how are we gonna set things right?” Spike slowly turn to ask Twilight in hoping for an answer to the question.

“Yeah, how are we gonna do that?” Phobos asked off in being puzzled about the subject itself.

“I don't know!” Twilight yelled out in being all panicky over not having any idea how to set things right; as she sat her head to her hooves o the table to pout as Ben patted her to comfort the mare.

“Easy there mommy, we’re here for you.” Nyx patted her mother’s back to help calm her down, as she was feeling stressed out.

“Thanks Nyx.” Twilight replied off in feeling a little more better to sit up a bit. “The only thing we know for sure is that Starlight stopped the Rainboom from happening. But why?” Twilight was clarified the only thing they know that Starlight Glimmer performed in the past that lead up to this event.

“And that the map's still here, even though the castle isn’t.” Spike pointed off in seeing that though the past was changed, the map that triggered them being set in the past is still around despite AJ saying it was never existing in this area.

“Guaaagh! Spike, that's it! The map is connected to the Tree of Harmony!” Twilight gasped off to state this with a little smile in realizing why the map is still here, connected to the Tree of Harmony from when they obtain the magic chest. “So then it must sense that something isn't right here! That's why it's still here!” Twilight explained off to say this in understanding that because the map was made by the magic chest from the Tree of Harmony, it hasn’t disappeared & senses something is not right that they are able to be around.

“Hugh, who knew that the Tree of Harmony could help us in a case of time travel dilemma? But still, good job there Twilight, knew you could do it.” Ben rubbed his head in seeing that even in a different timeline, the Tree of Harmony still exists that it’s helping them stop what is wrong with the future, & that is their ticket to fixing this.

“Thanks Ben.” Twilight handed her love for the vote of confidence before getting to work. “I’ll just use Starlight's version of the spell & try to have us go back a little earlier & then stop her before she even knows we're there!” Twilight issued off to say in levitating the spell from Spike’s backpack with confidence in having a plan in how to stop Starlight Glimmer’s plan before it even happens.

“So, you mean like go back before she arrived & then get the jump on her?” Phobos asked off in slowly following the plan here.

“That’s about the sum of it Phobos.” Nyx nods her head in seeing what her mother thought up was perfect.

Then Twilight hovers the spell scroll before firing a magic beam to it. As that triggered the map to unleash its rotating magic aura rings above as everyone smiles with anticipation. Too the Magical Time Portal appeared above & then sucks in the Sparkle Gang right into it while Spike grabs the map before they went in. Then in the aftermath, the portal vanished from sight like before…

 

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BACK IN THE PAST IN CLOUDSDALE

 

The scene opens to where the Cloudsdale race track was, as many Pegasus fillies were flying to go through the cloud rings. Then a familiar sparkle in the sky appeared which was the Magical Time Portal as it let off those from its emerald void drop out. Spike & Phobos were screaming before Twilight used her wings & her magic horn to slow the baby Dragons’ decent while Ben & Nyx used either their own wings of Hover Boots to smooth themselves within the clouds.

“Phew, close call.” Phobos sighs to say this in thinking they were gonna fall from Cloudsdale in which they go splat on the actual solid ground.

“Oh Phobos.” Nyx rolled her eyes in having heard such a crazy idea.

“Okay Twilight, what’s the plan?” Ben asked in wanting to know how they stop Starlight Glimmer from altering the past & correct their future.

“It’s very simple, all we have to do now is find Starlight & then…” Twilight was explaining the plan in how they can prevent a horrible future by finding Starlight Glimmer, & then…

But then before the sentence could be finished, an unexpected light blue magic beam impacted the Sparkle Gang as when the flashy light ended, Spike, Phobos, Twilight, Ben & Nyx were in some crystal block. That crystal block soon dropped to the ground where they impacted the cloud surface, as they had on the same expressions of puzzlement & worry, just what happened to them? This unexpected encounter wasn’t to be expected?

“Well now, finding her will be easy! But stopping her's gonna be harder than you think.” Then appearing to be speaking from nearby was the Equalizer as the pony used magic to hover near the group before removing the helmet to smile & taunt those that had a plan.

“HRUUUAGH! Hoorugh THrruuagh!?” Phobos moans off between his shut lips in the crystal block to say: ‘Hugh! How the?’ with his muffle words; weren’t they supposed to get the DROP on Starlight Glimmer before she arrived? What gives!?

“Sorry to disappoint you by showing up here when you wanted to have the upper advantage, but I created that spell to send myself back in time.” Starlight Glimmer hovers around those imprisoned in the crystal block in explaining her plot of what she did from creating such a spell. “So even when YOU, Twilight, cast it, I still get sent back here.” She hovered around those in the crystal block in ranting about how whenever Twilight & the group get sent back to this point in time, she would be here too; much to anyone’s surprise. “It wasn't really that difficult to change Star Swirl's spell, really. He'd already done the hard part for me.” Starlight Glimmer bragged off in stating that such a change to a spell by the greatest spell caster in Equestria was no big as most of the work was done ahead before the mare took a crack at it. “But figuring out I could use the map from your castle to go to any time or place & pull you along with me?” She was bragging out this as she was just rubbing this in the gang’s faces before making short laugh about it. “I even impressed myself with that one.” She boasted off that she was impressed by what she achieved by using the very map to do what no one else could was impressive. “I knew you'd try to stop me. You're so predictable.” Starlight Glimmer mocked the worried Twilight about her action to stop someone was as predictable as they come. “Why else would I leave the scroll behind for you to find?” She mocked off in stating how she left that time spell behind because she knew she be followed. “Touching it triggered the map to whisk you here in the past. And then watch me ERASE, the one thing that linked you with your friends!” Starlight Glimmer was pointing off to smear at Twilight in sternly issuing how she wanted Twilight to watch what she would do, erase something that connected the princess to her friends.

This caused Twilight & those with her to become worried, so Starlight Glimmer was changing the past that effects the future, because what connected Twilight & the Mane Six was….what was stopped from happening; the Rainboom.

“My village I worked hard to make was a sanctuary of equality, where nopony's cutie mark allowed them to feel superior to another!” Then Starlight Glimmer cease her levitation spell on herself to pounce on the crystal block as it sank more through the clouds as she was debating angry in what those here had done to a village she made to make things equal & perfect. “It was a special place, a place I wanted no pony to be left out, and you, your family, & your friends took it away!” She was stating this off to feel emotional before she glared off to lecture how Twilight & her group took everything she had away just like that.

But then Starlight Glimmer stops her ranting to look puzzled in seeing, the crystal block sank completely through the clouds, making the pony roll her eyes before she magically used her horn to hover off to go underneath the cloud to find those imprisoned in the crystal block to continue her ranting.

“Now it's my turn to take something very special from you, Twilight Sparkle!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to point in steering at Twilight in stating that she’ll take something special away from the mare just like Twilight did to her. “Without the Rainboom, you & your friends will NEVER form your special cutie mark bonds that brought you together!” She snarls off to yell this that she will make sure that the Rainboom that brought Twilight & her friends together never happens. “In a simple phrase: Cutie Marks for Cutie Marks! Sounds like a fair trade to me!” She waved her right hoof in front of the gang in stating this that a trade of taking special bond cutie marks for releasing the cutie marks from her village will be a perfect even motion of getting back at those that ruin her equality plan while smirking wickedly on the idea.

Then to add insult to injury, Starlight Glimmer taps the crystal block as it falls while she watches with a sly smile of having taken care of that little annoyance. Everyone with frozen expressions were now plunging downwards from high from Cloudsdale in about to make a crash course towards the ground. It was several hundreds to a thousand foot drop, the impact would be devastating without a perfect protection tactic. Twilight had her horn glow in struggling to help focus all she’s got before….she broke the crystal block & was free. Twilight & Nyx were flapping their wings while Ben used his Hover Boots to stay in the air.

“Phew….good thing that crisis was averted.” Twilight whipped the sweat off her forehead from getting out of that close shave.

“Wait, aren’t we missing…?” Nyx was about to say something until…

“Twiliiiiiiight!” Spike’s voice was heard from afar that snap the ponies in the air to have their attention change.

“Heeeeeelp!” Phobos cried out too as everyone looked down to see Spike & Phobos still falling.

“Oops!” Twilight sheepishly said in realizing that she forgot to help get those that didn’t have wings.

“I think the consent falling has made Spike forget those Flame Steps he learned, but then again, no time to think about it. Come on!” Ben issued off in seeing what they gotta do, focus on saving two baby Dragons.

Then quicker than a flash, Twilight, Ben & Nyx dives down where the screaming was coming from. The baby dragons were yelping from falling as they were unable to do anything until…they got swooped by Twilight & Ben in the nick of time.

“Cut that a little closer next time!” Phobos complained in how close that was for a rescue of his life flash before his eyes.

“Your welcome, Phobos.” Ben rolled his eyes in seeing how he got thanked, by citing the rescue a bit close there.

“Thanks for the save, you guys!” Spike smiled to thank those that saved them from a close encounter with the ground.

“No problem, Spike.” Twilight stated off that such a thing was no trouble at all. “At least now we know exactly what we have to do!” Twilight issued off with confidence in knowing what they gotta do next.

“Right, try to insure the Rainboom happens at all cost.” Nyx nods her head in knowing that is the only way to save the future.

Everyone was in agreement as they continue to soar up into the air. But then they yelped from when they saw Young Rainbow Dash crashing into a bunch of clouds, because she wore a strangely familiar helmet that she couldn’t get off or see or balance right from the weight; it was the Equalizer’s helmet.

“Wait, was that Rainbow Dash having a hard time seeing where to go with a helmet on her head?” Phobos asked off in noticing what was wrong with Young Rainbow Dash just now.

“That means….” Nyx was about to say in what this meant if Young Rainbow Dash was missing the race, then…

“We’re already too late!” Ben exclaimed in what this could only mean for them.

Then without warning, the Sparkle Gang was suddenly seeing another flash of light appear above before a familiar Magical Time Portal appeared & suck them through the time void. And soon afterwards, they were gone from the past yet again to a future event…none could prepare.

 

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Now a flash of light appeared in what looked like a red-blurry sky, as the Sparkle Gang fell across the Council Table in where the map showed Equestria, only much of it seem to be lay out in rubble; some locations of mountains & forest sectors were…gone, even a few towns seem hardly standing. But as the Magical Time Portal vanished, the gang slowly gets up from realizing that they missed their shot to stop another change to the past that effects the future.

“Darn it! We've missed it!” Twilight cursed in seeing they missed a moment to stop a tragic change.

“We have to go back!” Ben suggested that they need to quickly return to the past.

“What the heck are you doing?!” Them a lone Qin Soldier (Mandarin) showed up on the spot tideland answers.

Wasn’t long before Twilight & her family looked up to realize they found Qin Soldiers have surrounded them. Suddenly, a familiar pony & his army stood before them, except he was Unicorn instead of an Alicorn; he was….

“Lord Azure?” Twilight spoke off in recognizing Azure Phoenix, but he looks different right now.

“Western Ponies…” One pony named Han (Mandarin) spoke off in noticing what ponies these were.

“Guards! Take them to the Emperor!” Azure Phoenix (Mandarin) issued off the order of what to be done.

“YES SIR!” The Qin Soldiers responded to the order without delay as they pounce on the arrived gang. Soon Twilight & her family struggled to fight back, as the Qin Soldiers jumped & punched them to the ground. They even kicked the little ones without much consideration. While the gang could have handled this, Twilight & her family got cuffed up while they wore some Anti-Magic Collars; making resistance harder for them.

“Well done. No spies or assassins will get away with this!” Han issued off in seeing a fine job they achieved here.

“All units! Take them to the Imperial Court! The Emperor will judge on you, Western Filth.” Azure Phoenix gave the order on what to do with this lot.

“You heard the Grand General of Phoenix! Move it, you filthy Western Pony!” Then a version of Anger snapped off in wanting those they caught to get their flanks moving.

“If you try to be funny, we will kill you without mercy. Just like what happen to Griffonstone, the Crystal Empire or even the Ape Nation.” Then another one named Bullhound threaten those that any wise guy acts, & mercy will not be so nice.

That made the Sparkle Family feel concerned was with these guys to treat Equestrians so…uncivilized. Soon Azure Phoenix & his Imperial Phoenix Army, or was-to-be, moved out to guide Twilight & her family away from the crystal map table & head towards the Imperial Court. They have arrived at the palace, as they walked the stairs while conversation of the soldiers spoke to the strangers.

“You're all gonna regret for trying to wage a war against the Empire! When we're done with your Western Kingdom, we're going after the Humans. I heard that they make good slaves to our kingdom.” Blazefist nods off to issue his claims in what happens next after this event is wrapped up.

“Heck yeah! And I bet Equestria should be renamed as Hellfire Kingdom! Or maybe Qin Nation!” Laxtinct roared off eagerly to say these things, making the others uncomfortable in how much the Mystics, or not-so Mystics were acting & behaving.

“Lord Azure! Please, you must listen! We're not your enemies! We're your friends! We'd never invade your home!” Twilight tried to plead for Azure Phoenix to listen to reason as they are not the enemies that these guys think they are.

“I don't know who you are & how you know my name. But let me tell you something, Western Pony.” Azure Phoenix stopped for a moment, as he turned & glared at Twilight as he continued to speak. “We don't welcome you or your kind here anymore. Not after what your precious princesses have done to me or this kingdom, centuries ago! They have been planning to assassinate the Emperor from the start. They used me & Han. To think I actually love her so much…” The guy was stating off things of nonsense about the gang’s kind & about the Royal Sisters in ways no one was following or believing.

“What are you talking about?!” Ben asked off on demand, only for versions of Blazefist & Laxtinct to use their spears in blocking him from moving. “My mother never betrayed you! She loved you! She would never do such a thing!”

“Who are you?” Azure Phoenix raised an eyebrow in being puzzled by Ben’s words.

“My name is Ben Mare! This is Twilight Sparkle, Nyx, Spike & Phobos. I am the son of Princess Celestia! Han! My aunt is Luna!” Ben exclaimed to explain himself & the others of who they are; this caused everyone except the Sparkle Gang to gasp in shock from hearing this.

“Impossible... She couldn't have…!” Azure Phoenix protest in not accepting this to be true.

“You're lying! She doesn't have children! She doesn't... Celestia would never have one! Not since…” Han was issuing this off in sternly protesting the idea of Celestia having a child.

“Han, no! That’s enough!” Azure Phoenix sternly wanted Han to stop right there to not go further for unknown reasons.

“We don't know what's going on. But I assure you that the Western Kingdom will never turn against you. They know how strong your kingdom is. They want to be your friends, not enemies.” Twilight stated to try to speak reason to these guys here.

“Long ago, my mother loved you so much. She didn't mean to hurt you when you choose’d your duty over family. But nevertheless, she thinks of you a friend. She cares for you.” Ben issued off to say these things as comforts to Azure Phoenix to know that Celestia still cares for the guy; Azure Phoenix remained silent to absorb much of this. “I need to know. What happen?” Ben asked off in needing to know something, like what happened that such confusion arose?

“Cousin, don't. She's not worth it. She lied to us! She used us! And worst of it, she betrayed us!” Anger protest in an upset tone in reminding Azure Phoenix not to tell a story about such a pony.

“If this is her son, I must... I promised her... Your mother... She and Luna were sacrificed.” Azure Phoenix sighs before looking to the new group in…ushering what occurred.

“WHAT?” The Sparkle Gang except Ben reacted in shock to hear such news.

“They what?!” Ben asked off in being lost, his mother & aunt were sacrificed, why?

“The Immortality Pill was safely returned to the camp. The Emperor was saved from death. But Seekcurse told us that the Royal Sisters & the Williams Ambassadors were sent here to assassinate the Emperor. And so…we…” As Azure Phoenix explained the details, he seem hesitated on the last part…

“We killed the ponies.” Han had no trouble saying the last part, but it look like he felt like something stabbed his heart too.

Azure Phoenix & Han began to sob & let off tearfully sighs of them crying. Many of the Imperial Phoenix Army remained silent as they looked down while looking away.

“No! That can’t be! I won't believe it! You're lying!” Ben protest forth to say this as he felt tears come down his eyes, his mother & aunt are…dead?

“Believe me or not. It's the truth... They're gone. They're dead... Their bloods is used by the Emperor to reborn as an Alicorn.” Azure Phoenix explained forth in how it was to be.

“The Humans were used as the slaves for the Emperor. The one called Megan suffered death by the Emperor. He sees her as a beautiful instrument. The one called Danny was executed for his outspoken acts. And the young sibling called Molly was killed when she tried to escape. Thus, it begins the Eastern-Western War.” Han explained about what happened to certain human friends that the gang know about, but find it all the more horrible by the next.

“But those can’t be true! We’ve seen them, &…” Spike protest in recalling that last they saw the Mag’ne group, they were still alive & well…

“Spike, forget it, in this place, what happened, had happened here, weird as it sounds.” Phobos shook his he’d in seeing they can’t convince these guys since things that happen here stay here.

“It must be an off memory, since that can’t be true as Megan’s group is currently in the Human Realm, & at least nothing bad has happened to them there since it exist outside of Equestria.” Twilight whispered this off to everyone to settle their worries on the subject.

“Still, darn Seekcurse, he must have done something when history was changed to never be found out as the traitor.” Ben cursed in knowing how must have messed things up to make this crazy future.

“You dare speak about Seekcurse like that & announce him a traitor?” Azure Phoenix questioned those of their native tongues speaking.

“Ben’s right about Seekcurse! He’s the true traitor, not the Royal Sisters or Williams! He framed them, so he can keep his powers! So that he can help the Emperor rule Equestria for himself! He didn't do it for the Emperor. He did it for himself.” Twilight issued off to say this while explaining the case to these guys of who plotted this whole caper.

“It's true! He, Prime Minister Con & even his stupid second son, Huhai, had betrayed him! They wanted him dead, so they can control the Empire! But at the end, the Qin Dynasty was gone. You, Lord Virtue Dragon & Lord Courage Tiger saved the kingdom, & became the Three Emperors of Ma!” Nyx explained off what history really should have been like.

Azure Phoenix turned to look at Twilight & her friends. He couldn't believe of what he just heard. He was a ruler along with the other two mentioned ponies?!

“And that's not all, you & the rest became Mystic Ponies.” Ben pointed off to say this about what these guys became; leaving some into confusion as if not knowing what Mystic Ponies are.

“What about me?” Han asked off in wondering if he to, became a…Mystic.

“I’m sorry... You didn't make it. Seekcurse's rebels killed you. Your death was also another reason in what made Luna fall prey to darkness & became Nightmare Moon.” Twilight looked down in sadness as she recalled what happened that made Luna into Nightmare Moon to begin with.

“No! It can't be!” Han exclaimed in shock in having heard this.

“But in the present, we saved her. She was still heartbroken to later learn that you weren’t…” Spike was stating how things turned out in the end, but when Luna learn Han was no longer alive, well…

“Luna... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry for everything... I'm so sorry…” Han looked depressed in realizing the mistake he’s gone & brought.

Azure Phoenix remained silent now, as he was in dilemma while shock to think all of these things. He slowly thinks carefully of what Twilight had said to him, & if they were all true.

“How will you stop this madness & save my beloved one?” Azure Phoenix asked this in…believing those here of their sincere words.

“You believed us?” Twilight asked off in relief that these guys trust them.

“It's not a matter we believed or not. If what you said is true, what will you do?” Azure Phoenix shook his head while stating the subject mix in mystery.

“Starlight Glimmer & Seekcurse are the ones responsible for this mess. If we stop them, everything will be normal.” Twilight assured the guy of stopping a cause to change things back.

“Then, that would be your priority.” Azure Phoenix issued off to say this firmly.

“Azure!” Han turn upon hearing this shocking news.

“Celestia & Luna died because I couldn't defend them. But now... This is the chance. The war against the West is not what we wanted. You would have wanted to know them, don't you?” Azure Phoenix told Han this about what they truly seek’d was not war from the beginning.

“Yes... I'd never want this. So what's the plan?” Han hissed in hating to agree on this, & asked what they do.

“Finish what I should have done. Han, Anger & Blaze, take them to the place where we found them. Defend them at all cost!” Azure Phoenix issued off the order to those here on what to do.

“Alright. Be careful.” Han nodded off to say this before he turn to Twilight & her friends. Let us go! Time is wasting!” The guy exclaimed that they need to hustle, as Twilight & her friends turned to head off at once while Azure Phoenix & his remaining units turned to enter the palace.

Soon the scene changes to return us back to the sight of where the crystal map of Equestria is from when the Sparkle Gang arrived in this weird timeline. Han & the others listen to understand & see that if such a strange map that was never in place in the area was here now, their story must be true about the past being changed.

“Are you sure it will work?” Han asked in questioning if such a thing can be possible.

“It has to. If it doesn't, then Equestria will turn into dust!” Twilight stated to say this while preparing to get things ready with a levitated scroll nearby her.

“I’m afraid I cannot let you do that.” Then the voice of Seekcurse is heard, as Twilight & her friends turned to find the Qin Army had surrounded them. “The Qin Dynasty is happy with the way they wanted.” Seekcurse comes from within the area to state off in how he likes things that have changed.

“Happy, this isn’t happiness, you destroyed lives!” Ben protest to say this in what the jerk caused.

“You’re a monster!” Nyx stated off to say this about the guy who made those here kill innocent lives.

“You lied to us. You've made a grave mistake…” Han stated in narrowing his eyes at this enemy that deceived them.

“A necessary risk to save the kingdom.” Seekcurse lightly waved off to state the claim for the subject.

“No! A necessary risk for you to keep the power! And you won't get away with this!” Twilight protest forth in stating that Seekcurse will not get away with what he’s done.

“I died once to save Luna. I will died again for her. This time, I'm gonna amend it for her!” Han stated off in where he & the other soldiers with him got ready.

“Stupid insects! I'm trying to save you & Azure. And this is how you repay me? You left me no choice. Seekcurse sternly snaps off in seeing the ungrateful bunch that dare to oppose his way of making things as they should have been, then there is but one thing left for those that won’t agree to such things…elimination; then without warning, he threw what was seemingly the helmet that belong to Azure Phoenix in front of Twilight & her friends.

“Uh-oh…tell me that isn’t…” Phobos yelps in seeing that was not good.

“That belongs to Azure Phoenix.” Spike pointed off in recognizing that helmet & phoenix logo mark.

“Azure... No! You didn’t…you….you will not get away with such a crime!” Twilight was so baffled & shock, she glared at Seekcurse for having finished off Azure Phoenix.

“We shall see! Kill them!” Seekcurse smiled wickedly before he gave the order to his soldiers to attack.

“Time Freeze!” Blackwitch’s voice was heard from a distance, as suddenly a powerful spell was launched on Seekcurse & Qin Soldiers. They were frozen in place, by a spell from the Book of Forbidden Spells that Twilight & her family once seen performed by the Superior one. Soon entering with Jade Adventure, was Blackwitch from the bushes, as they found the others & the group with Han. “That won't hold the enemies long! Grr! That hurt!” She explained that the spell she use won’t last, but groans from feeling a sharp sense of pain.

“BW! What's wrong?” Jade asked off as she & the rest saw her strange reaction.

“Each time the past changes & a new timeline comes to live, I get wounded... Starlight Glimmer & Seekcurse must be stopped. I must erased the cause once everything is in its proper order.” Blackwitch groans to struggle to say her words of what happens to her when the timeline changes to alternate futures, & that the enemy she knows, Seekcurse, must be stopped for good.

“Erase…as in gone? You wanna erase both Seekcurse & Starlight Glimmer?” Ben asked off in thinking that such an action seem kind of extreme.

“No, that isn’t it, Ben. Starlight Glimmer is not the real problem because she never try to kill so many lives like Seekcurse did.” Twilight stated off in knowing that Seekcurse was a real monster, Starlight Glimmer only wanted to bring equality, there’s a difference in the two’s methods.

“Right, we can’t let this place be repeated.” Spike nods off that they can’t let this place have a repeat like before.

“But can we finish him off?” Nyx asked off in wondering if they can stop Seekcurse.

“He possesses a strong immortality which was made not only by Mystic Magic, but ingredients for healing & regeneration, especially from the Hydra species. Only special beings like myself can erase him. You must bring or distract him at all cost.” Blackwitch explained that Seekcurse can’t be destroyed unless done by special beings that differ from others, like herself, to stop the enemy.

“Alright. We'll do our best.” Twilight nods off lightly to say this.

“Wait, what about Starlight Glimmer? Is there something you’re not telling us about her?” Phobos asked off about what the deal about handling Seekcurse is a big deal, but what about the other one in question.

“While only her story is seen by the Chronicler of what her path leads to, he spoke to me in saying…that to truly defeat your enemy, you must make them your friend. Heed the words, for they may prove stronger than any might of strength or magic.” Blackwitch gave these wise advice to those to solve the mystery behind them of what maybe the key to defeating an enemy.

Having heard this made the Sparkle Gang feel puzzled, what did it mean that to truly defeat an enemy like Starlight Glimmer, they have to turn her into their friend; that’s the last thing the pony that wants revenges on the group would wanna be at this point & time. But no later did Twilight fire up the time spell from the scroll, the Magical Time Portal appeared before the Sparkle Gang was taken into it. As it closed off just in the nick of time as Han & his soldiers were now fighting against Seekcurse’s army; the scene darkens as now many will hope a new future will be made that isn’t as terrible as this one.

 

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And like before, the Sparkle Family fell out of the Magical Time Portal before they used their flying abilities to stop themselves from falling off. And soon the portal vanished while the gang saw that they are back in Cloudsdale of the past, again. Then they yelped from when a speedy fill of Rainbow Dash zipped by them.

"MAVERICK!!!" Phobos yelled out to the one who was a speed Demon, but it was actual…the filly they wanna help.

“That was Rainbow Dash, she must still be flying off the course.” Nyx stated in knowing who they saw was still flying okay.

“Okay, so we’re back, now let’s find Starlight before…” Then before Phobos could even finish that sentence, a familiar beam impacts them to trap the gang again in the same crystal block prison. “NURRGH-AGGRUU-Gaaarrrughhh!” Phobos mains out loudly in saying ’NOT AGAIN’ as they are again in the same state as before.

“Hah-Hah-Hah, Hah!” Then nearby, the gang spot what looks like the Equalizer getup that Starlight Glimmer regain from when they left Rainbow Castle; she was near & taunting them.

Soon Ben used his own magic to quickly shatter their crystal block prison to get focus here.

“I got this, Hero’s Bow!” Ben issued off to say this before summoning his bow to use his Hawkeye to zoom on the target before firing. But Ben’s attack seem too good as it impacted the Equalizer to fall & land on another cloud. As the gang checked out who they beaten, they saw leaking fluffy clouds from the suit & helmet, Starlight Glimmer was not even in the Equalizer costume.

“What the, it’s only the Equalizer costume & helmet stuff with clouds.” Nyx stated off in seeing this was nothing but a costume &a helmet stuff with clouds to look like someone wore the suit.

“She tricked us.” Spike stated in realizing that they been fooled.

“Very good of you to notice.” Then nearby to appear as he leans from a spot, the gang yelped in spotting; Seekcurse, as he watch this act of a distraction fool the heroes in attacking a dummy.

“Seekcurse!” Ben sternly address the guy as he summoned his sword & shield as everyone else prepared for anymore stunts by the foe.

“You may have stopped the future I wanted, but unless you can stop the main problem, I’ll exist in any future that comes along.” Seekcurse spoke off to say this in what he was trying to achieve only to be stopped; before anyone could get to him, he vanished behind more clouds while his laughter echoes a bit.

“And he’s gone the next.” Twilight stated in seeing the evil foe was gone again, trying to deal with one to two enemies is hard to keep track of what acts they do while in the past.

“Well at least this time, I’m KEEPING this costume & helmet in my own dragon pouch! I’m sick of losing it!” Phobos snaps off to say this in taking the Equalizer costume & stuffs it in his own backpack to keep it from being taken again.

“Phobos, it was Starlight Glimmer’s when she first don the identity before we got the helmet & then the outfit.” Nyx pointed this out for the moon dragon to recall.

“Yeah, but it’s a souvenir of not just one event, but two victory events, & I wanna not lose it when we stop whatever’s happening now & go home to our timeline!” Phobos stated off that he’s sick of a souvenir that is like a trophy of their victory being taken & used for evil so many times; well he’s not losing it again.

“First we have to find Starlight Glimmer. Ben, if we run into Seekcurse, can you keep him busy?” Twilight stated off to change the subject in what they have to do from here on out.

“If I see the guy, I’ll personally pound him for what he did in that alternate future we saw.” Ben issued off to say this in not about to let the enemy that caused a messy future to get off scout-free.

As those that were discussing things, a familiar shadow zoomed near the costume Phobos had of the Equalizer as it was the Equestrian Eliminator in seeing what could be of use for him.

“This object will be useful when I need to make my act, when the time comes.” The Equestrian Eliminator spoke to himself as his shadow form merge inside the Equalizer suit as he hid with no one able to know where he is until he makes himself known.

“So let’s not waste time, we have to keep the Rainboom from being stopped.” Twilight issued off that they need to insure, that the Rainboom occurs without fail.

Now the Sparkle Gang had to quicken the pace if they were gonna stop whatever evil plot was gonna happen next here. The scene changes to where the Sparkle Gang hide behind a cloud, then Twilight teleported them to another to where they were looking out, but shrug in seeing nothing before teleporting again. Twilight peeks out in not being anything strange, as she & her family quickly flew off to hide within a cloud as they used it for camouflage.

“Man, all those times Flash showed me about using my surroundings to hid myself from bullies, he never believe I use a cloud.” Ben stated in how he had learn from Flash Sentry about using good coverage, but a cloud…well, that might have been something else unless one was a Pegasus.

“Okay, keep your eyes peeled.” Twilight issued this off to her family that they need to have their eyes peeled for trouble.

“Right!” Spike replied off with determination with his binoculars out.

“Ditto!” Phobos gave a thumbs up about the plan.

“We have to stop Starlight as soon as Rainbow Dash & those bullies race by around here!” Twilight issued off to say this as she was looking around for any signs of Starlight Glimmer while everyone did the same, Spike even focus his binoculars down a general direction; before becoming bamboozled.

“Um, Twilight?” Spike slowly was speaking with weird expression of concern to get attention softly.

“So be ready for anything.” Twilight’s voice issued off that they gotta be ready for anything they spot.

“I know, but…” Spike was trying to point something out here, but was cut off.

“Because she could pop up anywhere! Who knows what she’ll do then?” Twilight issued off sternly about knowing what Starlight Glimmer will try the first chance she gets.

“Like over there?” Spike then taps Twilight’s shoulder to get her attention to point down a general direction.

“You mean you found her?” Nyx asked off in having heard what Spike said.

“Let’s take a look, Hawkeye Mask!” Ben issued off to say as he summoned his special scope to view things from afar; as Twilight levitates Spike’s binoculars for use.

“Aah-OOOOOOO-gah!!!/Haaaugh!” And let’s just say that Twilight’s eyes became brightly bigger in the binoculars as she gasp, & the answer is simple while the rest were…stump speechless.

Down in the area Spike pointed out, there was Fluttershy, Hoops & Dumb-Bell as the colts & filly were having a discussion with, guess who, Starlight Glimmer! What the what now!?

“Just remember how you'd feel if someone said those things to you.” Starlight Glimmer kindly spoke off in giving a lecture to Dumb-Bell & Hoops as the two colts looked down in feeling; pretty much terrible about their behavior towards Fluttershy.

“What's going on here?” Twilight asked off as she & her family flew down to investigate this as the young filly &colts saw them while a sly expression from Starlight Glimmer was expecting this arrival.

“Oh, I was just reminding these two colts how ‘hurtful’ teasing can be.” Starlight Glimmer was speaking off to say this while being extra ‘informative’ about a certain matter about teasing others, as if getting a message across.

“Well, don’t!” Twilight narrowed her eyes in sternly telling this to the mare trying to cause another relapse of stopping the RainBoom.

“Huh?” Young "Dumb-Bell" and Hoops looked to the other in puzzlement in what they heard.

“Huh?” Young Fluttershy was also puzzled in hearing this, while Starlight Glimmer showed a hidden smile still.

“Ugh, Twilight…that’s kind of the opposite of helping a friendship problem.” Ben whispered this off to Twilight that what it sounded was like they WANT the Young Fluttershy to be teased by these guys.

“Oh, I mean... you were?” Twilight yelps in realizing this major & uncomfy development in having seen what Starlight Glimmer was doing that seem, nice, for a change.

“Of course! In a world where everypony is unique in their own way, some are bound to feel more special than others.” Starlight Glimmer was issuing this little pretend speech of kindness, even patted Young Fluttershy’s head as she smiled from what she heard while the Sparkle Family glared at the mare in seeing what she was doing. “But that isn't a license to be cruel, is it?” Starlight Glimmer came up to smirk in front of a baffled Twilight in giving this message to her as clear as day.

“Yeah….except you're the cruel one here, sister!” Phobos silently muttered this under his breath to say while not speaking it out loud.

“No, of course not…” Twilight slowly thought this over in realizing that what Starlight Glimmer said was true, how weird is that?

“Oh, isn't it a shame we don't live in a world where everypony is equal?” Starlight Glimmer smile doff to look at the young Dumb-Bell, Hoops & Fluttershy to sweetly speak these words to hug the latter two on the conversation. “No one would ever tease anyone there! So wouldn't that be nice to have?” Starlight Glimmer smiled off to say this in giving a wise lecture to the young foals about such a place.

“Mm-hmm.” Young Dumb-Bell, Fluttershy and Hoops nods their heads in agreement; that would be nice.

“Wow; that actually does sound nice if that were to happen.” Nyx spoke off in thinking that such an idea was, actually something where more ponies could get along.

“No, it wouldn't!” Twilight spoke off in panicking here that without the teasing for Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash won’t race, but that made the others look to her puzzled. “I mean, it'd be nice not to be teased, of course, but that's not the same thing!” She was trying to make a recovery, but even the others felt like such a comment made no sense that the young foals were puzzled while a smirking Starlight Glimmer saw how difficult the situation became.

“Come on, Fluttershy. Maybe I can help you get through the course this time.” Young Hoops spoke off kindly in offering to help Young Fluttershy out, this time being nice as Starlight glimmer watch with a nice smile in how things turn out.

“Well, I-I sure could use the practice…” Young Fluttershy meekly spoke off in happily accepting this; as she & the colts were leaving the spot while those from the future sternly glared off at the happy smiling Starlight glimmer.

“Oh great! The only time we need bullies to be like former bullies, Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon, & become reform TOO soon!” Phobos complained to say that the time for bullies to be bullies, is cut too short now.

“I know you only convinced those bullies there to not tease Fluttershy, only to stop the Rainboom from happening!” Twilight sternly approached the mare in stating the true purpose of what happened was to prevent the Rainboom from happening by peaceful negotiations.

“Oh, that's not true at all. I convinced them not to be bullies because everypony should be equal.” Starlight Glimmer smiled off to simply wave off the topic of what she was doing was something of ‘kindness’ about being bullied. “Stopping the Rainboom from happening is just a bonus from the act.” Starlight Glimmer glared off sternly in rubbing salt in the gang’s pride of what she did was helping settle a problem while preventing another event from making the Mane Six have a special cutie mark bound.

The situation seem like a tough spot, the gang need to figure out a new way to trigger the Rainboom without the matter of Fluttershy being bullied. Suddenly, something was whooshing by in the air as Spike & Phobos turn around to notice…who it was.

“Hey guys! Look!” Spike pointed out in getting the gang’s attention on something.

“It’s Rainbow Dash, the young one I mean.” Phobos pointed out as they see a young & eager flying Rainbow Dash, soaring through the skies.

“Rainbow has to make the Sonic Rainboom, so maybe as long as she can perform it without helping Fluttershy, it might help out.” Ben suggested what they can do, try to get the Young Rainbow Dash to make a Rainboom without the race between the bullies.

“This isn't over yet, Starlight Glimmer!” Twilight looked back to sternly issue this to the stern mare that the matter of preventing the Rainboom from happening is not done yet; as Twilight took off with Spike with a plan in motion while the rest of the gang followed to tail them

“If you say so!” Starlight Glimmer made a sly remark over the matter in not worrying, she’ll just watch to see how Twilight can get Young Rainbow Dash to perform a Sonic RainBoom.

“So what’s the plan mommy?” Nyx asked her mother in what the plan is now.

“I’ll approach Rainbow Dash, & challenge her to race me.” Twilight issue off in what she will do to help start a new Rainboom.

“You, race her? Why not any of us?” Phobos asked off in why they are not a part of the plan.

“Phobos, we don’t have wings & it would look weird if Ben who has no wings showed up.” Spike pointed out in knowing how things would go if any of them tried to race.

“I suppose that is a good point, but shouldn’t Nyx be the one to challenge Rainbow Dash, filly to filly, right Twilight?” Ben was figuring out in seeing that maybe it’s better if Young Rainbow Dash raced off against someone who’s at the same age then…

“Too late, she’s already gone.” Nyx pointed out that Twilight & Spike just left.

“Oh boy, I just hope Rainbow Dash doesn’t have second thoughts of flying against a full grown up pony, much less an Alicorn, if not, this plan won’t be pretty!” Ben exclaimed off to say this in having a feeling things are about to get a bit hectic if this plan doesn’t go so well.

Young Rainbow Dash was flying through the course, eagerly zipping through it with no problem. Then flying next to the filly was, Twilight putting on a big smile as she approached Young Rainbow Dash who notice she had company.

“Hi there!” Twilight made a friendly & eager greeting to be very open towards a young Rainbow, who saw Spike dangling from the mare’s tail as he happily greeted to wave out.

“Um... hi there.” Young Rainbow Dash lightly replied off puzzled in seeing some strange mare she don’t know fly in & with a baby Dragon holding onto her tail; seems weird.

“Listen, you think you can stop for a minute?” Twilight asked off in wanting Young Rainbow to stop for a minute so they can talk.

“Sure thing.” Young Rainbow Dash replied off in not having any trouble with that.

But the moment Young Rainbow Dash stopped, Twilight didn’t react & she & Spike crash into a cloud. Ben, Nyx & Phobos sighs in seeing that, they wonder if the plan will help or not. Soon making a recovery, Twilight & Spike flew up to the daring filly while some clouds are stuck on them.

“I hear you're pretty fast around here! Is that true?” Twilight spoke off in having to lay it down on knowing the real pride & ego drive of Rainbow Dash.

“Pretty fast? Please! I'm even faster than that! That was just my warm-up run.” Young Rainbow Dash repeated off to say this in feeling like such a comment is nothing, as the speed she was going, she bragged that she can go even faster than that.

“Okay, great to hear. So, um, hey, you want to race?” Twilight spoke out to be all ‘buddy-buddy’ to elbow the young Rainbow in offering her a chance to have a race.

“Um, that wouldn't really be fair. I mean, even I know the difference between me & you being a full-grown pony, and…” Young Rainbow Dash was remarking off to state in knowing that this pony that wants them to race, a filly can’t out race a mare with wings & a horn; wait a second! “Wait. Are you an Alicorn?” Just then, Young Rainbow Dash has a second look at Twilight in seeing she was not mistaken, Twilight has both wings & a horn, knowing what pony species Twilight is as the mar gave a sheepish smile in having overlooked such a thing.

“Come on, what does that matter of who species we are? I thought you were fast! Fast to spin around Earth & Unicorns in a blink of an eye?” Twilight tried to butter up to hold Young Rainbow in her right front hoof to boast the filly’s confidence to accept her challenge.

Rainbow Dash was thinking this over, before looking down to see Spike give an eager thumbs up in saying ‘it’s cool’ or something. But as the filly was thinking it could be her chance to out race an Alicorn & be even cooler, she hears sword clashes to stare down in spotting…Ben Mare fighting against Seekcurse.

“Good job Ben Mare, but not good enough when I find that filly Rainbow Dash, I’ll just end her to stop the race from happening.” Seekcurse exclaimed in what he’ll do to keep the Rainboom from happening that the heroes are trying to pull.

“I won’t let you!” Ben snapped off to say this in clashing his Master Sword against the enemy.

“Wait, is that an Earth Pony….flying & fighting some weird pony that’s….after me?” Young Rainbow Dash pointed off in seeing Ben used his Hover Boots to fly off after a weird pony who said he…come after her.

“Um…Ben’s with me trying to help you not get interrupted with our race by….a jealous pony sponsor. Heh-heh…” Twilight nervously stated with a little sweat-drop in trying to make a convincing lie, but…not so well.

Seeing the situation as it is, Young Rainbow Dash felt like her usual confidence was slightly decrease a bit from a weird Alicorn challenging her to a race to an Earth Stallion who could fly & fought off some weirdo who’s standing on clouds.

“Uh, actually, I just remembered Miss, I have somewhere I need to be.” Young Rainbow Dash sheepishly spoke nervously to push herself off from Twilight in trying to lie her way out of this before flying off; much to Twilight’s blank surprise.

We see Young Rainbow Dash was flying as fast as she could with worry in trying to get away. But Twilight was able to keep up to the filly since she had some training with her own wings against a grown up version of Rainbow Dash, so she can keep up to a filly version.

“Okay, listen. You don't have to race me. I just need you to fly fast enough for a Sonic Rainboom!” Twilight decided to just come clean to tell this to Young Rainbow Dash in what she’s trying to do here, get a Sonic Rainboom from the filly.

“What?! I can't do that!” Young Rainbow Dash replied off to say in shaking her head ‘no’ of trying to do something like that. “Nopony can! It's not even a real thing! It's just an old mare's tale!” The filly was stating off that such a thing was impossible, as it’s nothing but an old tale from long ago that no one hardly recalls if it’s real or not or if it can even be done.

“But it's not! I know it's not!” Twilight spoke off in trying to persuade Young Rainbow Dash that the Rainboom is not an old tale, it’s real from seeing it herself. “I’ve seen you do it! In the future!” She smiled to approach to tell this to the filly about her able to do something like it…in the future; she blinked her eye lashes in hoping that worked, but…

“Ooookay... I'm gonna go now.” Young Rainbow Dash pushed the mare away as she nervously flew off from feeling Twilight was weird in saying she’s from the future.

“No! Wait!” Twilight saw Young Rainbow Dash leave her, as she tried to call her back; but too late, another chance has slipped by.

“Sorry about that mommy, Seekcurse just came out after you left, and…” Nyx flew up with Phobos & Ben came up to in seeing what happened while the other enemy left.

“Well he ran off, but right after this happened.” Phobos stated in seeing what happened soon afterwards with this busted plan.

Twilight becomes sad that the attempt to get a Rainboom by a different attempt was shot down, the mare was so close…

“Gee, Twilight, what's the matter?” Then hovering by levitation magic behind the gang was…Starlight Glimmering all smug about what the problem was. “Couldn't convince Rainbow to do the impossible?” Starlight Glimmer issued off to taunt off this matter which made Twilight frown upon being reminded of the failure. “Well now, that's too bad.” She made a sly smile in stating how one’s effort to do something even a filly Rainbow Dash knows is impossible to do…unless done by accident.

Twilight Sparkle turns around to inhale before about to lash out against Starlight Glimmer when…The Magical Time Portal appeared above her & her family. As everyone was sucked in while Starlight Glimmer watched them leave the past once more, going back to the future of the changed present.

 

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Then the scene begins to open up around the Council of Friendship’s table where the map showed…a light eerie emerald color to its surface. Where it was not like it was from last time, war zone & stuff like that. And then from a flash above that was the Magical Time Portal, the ticking of clock gears is heard before the Sparkle Gang fell & landed the map a bit hard. And soon the Magical Time Portal vanished from sight above, leaving the knock out Sparkle Family in where it was….well, a place filled with wild life trees growing around. Twilight, Ben & Nyx were the first to wake up before the baby Dragons followed after.

“Ugh. Well now, that attempt didn't work.” Spike moans to say this in dusting himself off to remotely complain about what happened that the plan to get a Rainboom ended in failure.

“Yeah….we almost had it made, term is almost.” Phobos complained in show things almost went perfectly except it didn’t.

“Well, we still have the scroll to try again, right?” As Nyx asked that question, Twilight used her magic to pull the time scroll out from Spike’s bag to look at it over.

“We do Nyx, but this is gonna be harder than I thought it be. We'll have to try again!” Twilight issued off to say this in feeling that the task of fixing the right time course may take time, but a determine expression shows they mustn’t quiet.

“Right, first King Sombra, then that other future? They were terrible.” Ben nods off in agreement in what horrible futures they saw.

“Hey, Twilight, Ben…?” Spike was trying to get the grown up ponies that were talking, but…

“I don't want to live in either of those awful futures!” Twilight sternly protest that she does not want them to relive that horrible event of what they seen again.

“I don't think you'll have to!” Spike stated off to say this with a sheepish & worried expression.

“Why’s that….ugh!” Phobos was about to say, but yelped in noticing what Spike saw.

“Um, I think we have company here.” Nyx stated to say in becoming nervous of what was before them.

As Twilight & Ben were puzzled by such claims, they turn to see…only to get sharp pointy spears pointed at them. Twilight drops the scroll, & the gang see what look like….ponies in native looking themes of dirt covering their manes & tails, & wearing some strange dark green markings on their bodies. But the most surprising was seeing that among this group of Native Ponies were…stern & serious faces of Fluttershy & Pinkie Pie!

“Pinkie? Fluttershy?” Twilight exclaimed off in seeing two of her friends here, but her worried expression made her confuse of why these ponies have spears pointed at them.

“Silence there…Changeling!” Pinkie Pie coldly issued off in where they pointed their spears & called the group Changelings

“Wait, us…Changelings?” Nyx yelps in having heard this, that don’t sound good of what’s happening?

“All servants of Queen Chrysalis found in these woods must be... destroyed!” Fluttershy sternly issued this off of what they do to Changelings, they…destroy them.

“Hah, wow, Fluttershy acting out a serious & scary savage pony, oh, she had me fooled!” Phobos laughed off lightly of the rest in having heard the last pony to ever sound this frightful was Fluttershy, it’s a good prank.

“I’m serious…” Fluttershy sternly stated this to the Moon Dragon saying this was some joke.

“Oh-ho, it’s even funny a second time, who thought she had a sense of humor to tell…” Before Phobos could continue, a spear was shot close to his throat, silencing him from speaking. “Jokes….GULP!” Phobos swallowed hard in seeing this was no funny moment of a humor to be amusing.

“I was DEAD Serious, Changeling!” Fluttershy issued off dead serious about the issue with a cold stare.

“Twilight, I think we just walked into a whole heap of new trouble here.” Ben whispered this off to his love in seeing what they got themselves into now.

“I think your right Ben.” Twilight stated to say in looking around with her group, as she, Ben, Spike, Nyx & Phobos had worried expressions in seeing where they landed in. Twilight swallowed hard in knowing this won’t be good, now they entered a scene where their friends think them as enemies & are gonna….destroy them! How can they get out of this, that is a mystery best left off….next time…

 

Author’s note
Boy, this chapter had some long comings, but it’s made. Next up, Twilight & her group end up having to deal with not only Starlight Glimmer, but also the alternate timelines of their new present future, where it’s worse off than the last. A battle that can go on for eternity, Twilight begins to think that force may not be the answer, before she & the others reveal to Starlight Glimmer what the future is like without the Rainboom & the bond of six ponies that were destine to help save Equestria. Once coming to an understanding of learning more about Starlight, things begin to almost look brighter…until Seekcurse intervenes before he’s stopped for good. But as everyone plans to head to the present future, they end up within the Time Stream Realm & find that which keeps time on a correct course, the Sacred Time Orb. But things get worse as Grimmore, a God that is also immune to time alteration changes, plans to intervene with the heroes’ return trip & rips the time streams of alternate timeline villains to gather as a battle insures…but help arrives from an unexpected result from Flare Tiger & Armor Stark with Element Wielders the gang have met. Can they stop any more time distortion, who comes to the gang’s aid after what Amon just pulled with a choice to fix things before Grimmore cuts in & the free Triforce Elements merges with the Time Orb in which he’ll use to control all things across time, space & reality? But what about when the Chronicler appears and offers the Element Wielders shards from the Tree of Harmony, to use with Ben’s Master Sword, with a risky gamble of destroying the orb to cause a Time-Relapse to put everything back into place, but things may not be the same like before? Can Twilight’s group do it, can they return to their own timeline & what will be the fate of Starlight Glimmer…stay tune to find out.

Author’s note
Final chapter is here, your patience rewarded, with this! That's right, that's how long this took to make from so many suggestions & needed efforts for a New Timeline to explain what new things will occur. Till then, enjoy...

 

Chapter 02: Battle across Time

 

The scene opens up to where the Sparkle Gang are at now, in a whole heap of trouble. First it started when Starlight Glimmer followed by Seekcurse ended up arriving in Rainbow Castle, where a Time Spell that was obtain was used on the crystal map to send those back in time. The Sparkle Family got dragged in to where the event what triggered the Sonic Rainboom by Young Rainbow Dash never happened. This resulted in alternate future timelines to which the gang have seen & dread the thought of what will happen if they don’t fix it. But now they are in a pickle, Native Versions of Ponies along with Pinkie Pie & Fluttershy had them surrounded with spears & calling them Changelings!

“Wait! We're not Changelings!” Twilight nervously spoke off to say this in trying to convince those here of who they are. I'm a pony! He’s a pony! She’s a pony! And these two are Dragons!” Twilight pointed off in stating to herself, Ben, Nyx, & Spike & Phobos to state who they are.

“A likely story! If it’s true, do something Dragonish!” Native Pinkie Pie narrow her eyes to the baby dragons before poking Spike with her spear to command for a trick only Dragons can do than Changelings.

“Burpfruvhmmm…” Spike was so nervous, that he ended up belching a breath of small emerald flames to a poof cloud against the pink pony.

“Caaaaeeeeugh!” Native Pinkie Pie wheezed from having breathed in that smoky stuff just now. “That works too!” Native Pinkie Pie spoke off in a wheezy voice as she backs away now.

“The servants of Chrysalis will do ANYTHING to save their evil skins!” Fluttershy sternly spoke off to raise her spear against the Sparkle Gang as they looked a bit worried in fear that this bunch still doesn’t trust them.

“But Dragons don’t have skin, we have scales!” Phobos protest in stating this argument here.

“Not helping Phobos.” Nyx whispered to her pet pal to state these things.

“Stop!” A voice was heard, ceasing the action before the Sparkle Family was almost…skewered. “If they are Changelings we'll soon see. Though I think they're not what they appear to be.” Appearing from the tree tops & leaping down to take front center of the Native Ponies was a familiar rhyming zebra shaman wearing a different getup, longer mane, same markings & puff hoof roofs around while wearing a sash to stare at those that if they be enemies or not.

“Zecora! Oh thank goodness. Please, you have to listen.” Twilight smiled in finally seeing a face of a pony who with her mind can be reasoned & understand this caper; but spears force Twilight back.

“Hey, hey, we get it already with the spears, okay?” Ben held up his hooves to try to calm this angry native tribe of ponies down as Native Zecora begins to approach as Fluttershy & Pinkie Pie moved away.

“Beneath this salve, no Changeling hides, for it reveals the truth inside.” Zecora taps her hoof in a coconut cup to hold out a magical salve that will help indicate those that stand before them.

Soothe Sparkle Family shut their eyes before opening them to see that they had the strange native marking stuff & dirt camouflage as the rest. Then a light glowed off their bodies, as it did to their confusion, it did cause the Native Ponies to gasp in shock to duck behind while Zecora stayed behind to observe, as she held her chin in thought of what this sign means

“Chief Zecora, what does it mean?” Native Pinkie Pie pops in to ask with worry, of what this means if what they used to reveal a Changeling form does not appear for those stranger to their parts.

“The meaning is far worse, I see, for it is we who should not be.” Native Zecora studied the Sparkle Family closely of their glow, & turn to the rest in announcing that they were misjudge mental in thinking these here were enemies when instead, they are friends.

“Can somebody translate?” Phobos asked off in not understanding the rhymes they hear.

“She means that they see we’re not the enemy.” Ben issued this off for Phobos to follow.

“Zecora, I…I think I can explain.” Twilight held up a hoof to speak out in having a way to explain this crazy situation.

“I’m sure you can, but let's not talk here. Chrysalis & her army will soon draw near!” Native Zecora issued off that they can hear what can be explained, but its best they not stay for the enemy may draw near.

“Well then, lead the way.” Nyx stated liking to be taken to where they can talk more freely as they were on the march.

Soon Native Zecora was taking her pack of ponies along with the Sparkle newcomers while some were in the trees scouting out ahead for danger.

“The Changelings took over not long ago. Though I'll wager in your world, that isn't so.” Native Zecora explained the tale of how some time ago, the Changelings took over this world, but perhaps it’s not so much from where their new friends came from.

“That’s right, Chrysalis & her army tried to take over Canterlot, but my friends & I stopped her. Though we did have a little...falling out before the invasion happened.” Twilight issued off to say this much about what happened during the Canterlot Wedding event while being sheepish about that last part.

“Yeah, & after that, there was the time she foalnapped Nyx's friends, tried to revive Tirek during Nightmare Night, tricked Twilight into helping her escape, tried to ruin her friendship with the others during the Miss Gala contest and…” Phobos was literally going on about the things that happened afterwards until…

“Okay, we get the idea, Phobos.” Nyx lectures her pet pal in going a bit overboard now.

“Right, no need to get into any more details.” Ben nods off to say that the details about what they been through, they rather just forget them.

Nyx comment, "All things considered, I would say the writers are trying to establish Chrysalis as Mommy's arch-enemy. That does not necessarily mean most dangerous enemy, though she can definitely be very dangerous if she's given a real chance. 'Arch-enemy' just means 'most personal enemy'."

“Those friends as you know them are not here, alas. But tell me, how all this came to pass?” Native Zecora sadly decline that the friends Twilight spoke of are not the ones here, but she is curious of how someone from a different world came here.

“Starlight Glimmer, a pony who traveled back in time to stop my friends & me from ever coming together! And caused such things to happen!” Twilight looked down to explain the tale about someone from their time went back to the past to stop an event that brought the Mane Six together.

“Not just here, a traitor to the Three Kingdoms, Seekcurse, is also at loose & he sees like he wants whatever brought Twilight to be together with her pals destroyed and wants it done right.” Ben explained on Seekcurse.

“And it is these friends you have in life, that keep Equestria free from strife?” Native Zecora asked off as they pass a moss mash area in understanding that from Twilight’s friends, they help keep Equestria safe.

“I guess so, I never really thought about that. But this is the second time I've come back & this world is even worse than the last!” Twilight exclaimed off to say in looking down in sadness about how much this world is no better then what she & the rest seen before.

“We’ve seen Evil King Sombra starting a war, then a new Qin Dynasty all in shambles, to now this. A world ruled by Changelings & forcing all of you to survive in the wilderness.” Ben pointed out how they seen some terrible futures, & this one is even worse because it’s force pony civilization to hid in the wild from invading insects.

“I agree with Ben on that. If Starlight keeps doing the same thing in the past, how could the present be so different when we return?” Twilight turn back to Zecora for her wise shaman advice, pondering how if the same event of stopping the Rainboom triggers different futures.

“Ah, a good question, an answer, I can advise. Time is a river, where even the tiniest changes seen, can lead to a cascade of effects downstream.” Native Zecora slowly spoke off in honesty to the group, as the shaman points to a river in stating this while she places her hood in where a tiny river of water goes down one path, but then from a block hoof press, the tiny water goes down a new way.

“Wait, so your saying, anything that could be a slight change, will trigger something new to appear?” Phobos asked off in seeing what he’s getting, any change could make a different result.

“That might not be good for Blackwitch, considering what was done already.” Nyx stated off in concern, Blackwitch was with Jade & they must be looking for Seekcurse, but this new timeline must be hurting the witch very much.

As Zecora continues to move on while everyone thinks this carefully about different effects lead to different results later on. Soon later on, Native Zecora finally brought those that travel with them, towards a leafy covering.

“This part of the forest is dark & damp, but it's done well to hide our camp.” Native Zecora exclaimed to the new arrivals, as she pulls the coverings away to reveal something to all…

Soon everyone saw it, a wooded camp made to be like a hidden village in the deep, dark deck of the woods, were many Native Ponies wearing their markings were proven to be true. Of course as one stallion chomp wood, his filly daughter ran to him with worry, in seeing Twilight & her group enter with Zecora’s native bunch. Spike & Phobos gave off friendly little waves to say hello.

“This is cozy.” Spike turn to a serious Native expression Pinkie Pie & Fluttershy in stating how things are set up.

“Yep, not too shabby.” Phobos replied of to the others in liking this place to.

“Waaaaugh!” Just then someone was heard shrieking from nearby that made many stop in their tracks, as it sounded like…Rarity! “Please! You have to help us!” Then rushing out of the bushes while looking pretty worn-out was a messy Rarity who was begging for aid, followed by an exhausted Rainbow Dash with chip feather spots & a sour looking Applejack from behind.

“The Changelings attacked Ponyville! We barely escaped with our lives!” Rainbow Dash issued off in stating with concerns about what happened with them, what happened to the village as everyone listen.

Twilight was about to happily go up to more of their other missing friends, but Zecora held a right hoof to stop the pony.

“Zecora, why are you stopping me, they need help! You heard what they said!” Twilight spoke off in why the zebra shaman was doing this act of not helping others in need.

“Wait a second Twilight, Rarity I understand being dramatic, but Rainbow Dash throwing in the towel without backing it up that she fought off the enemy to help others escape, seems off.” Ben spoke off in feeling that those that had fled here from attackers, something about them words didn’t settle right.

“Yeah, & if the Changelings had spread out across Equestria, then shouldn’t everyone be aware of this? Why would they attack now?” Nyx spoke off puzzled, something about this story doesn’t sit right.

“It’s because the only Changeling attack I see, is the one that come here looking for me!” Native Zecora issued forth in stating this with a serious frown face in declaring that the only Changeling attack is one that is in front of her of those coming for the shaman.

This was causing Twilight to have such a puzzlement, what did Zecora meant? Soon Applejack was seen moving in front of Rainbow Dash & Rarity with her hat down over the face before…

“It's taken quite a while to find you, Zecora.” Applejack spoke off with these strange words as if trying to find Zecora before she looked upwards to surprise the Sparkle Gang in showing a wicked & evil expression that ain’t like the OLD AJ! “Huh-Huh-Huh, Huh-Huh, Hah-Hah-Hah-Hah, Haahhh….” Then with an evil laugher with a different voice, an emerald light surrounds AJ’s body before flaring upwards.

This caused many of everyone to yelp or those that were brave to stand their ground, but many of the Native Ponies got brave to race off leaving Spike, Phobos, Ben & Nyx behind with worry concern before Twilight backs up to join them; something was definitely not right here. From AJ’s body, she grow…WINGS! Insect Wings to be precise! And she was extending her legs to be replace with a darken color with some hole marks, & a strangely shape horn grew off around the cowboy hat area before the magic disburse it to smithereens. Soon many of the Native Ponies held their spears to be ready, but the evil laughter grew louder as some of them began to look with worry while Native Zecora kept her serious expression in seeing this was no MERE Changeling, no…it was…Queen Chrysalis in the flesh.

“What a lovely village you've chosen to stage your little resistance.” Queen Chrysalis was commenting this by a taunting way of speaking, even to spill some powder from a hanging jar. “With so many ponies…It looks absolutely delicious!” Then the Changeling Queen leans forward to smirk evilly to say this to a gritted Zecora in not backing down from a major enemy in their mitts who slurps from licking her tongue. But then Bon-Bon lead some Native Ponies with spears to force the still smiling with confidence Queen Chrysalis back from their chief. “Oh, come now, Zecora. You think I came alone? You're vastly outnumbered.” As Queen Chrysalis spoke this off to say as the evil smirking Rarity & Rainbow Dash suddenly revealed themselves to be Changeling Soldiers in armor.

“Well spoken, sister…” Then from above, everyone saw something of there was a large humming of insect wings in the air as it was a large swarm of Changelings to be seen over the trees. “For they have fallen prey to me, Ronson, in having aided in infiltrating & revealing the location of your camp site, your secret resistance, is under-siege!” Then seen above the swarm was one that was like Queen Chrysalis, the Sparkle Family had also dealt with him once; he was once Mayor Ronson, but in truth…he’s Ronson, the Changeling King.

Now many Changelings were scattering around the tops of the trees to surround everything. And even surprises came as a filly Pegasus glowed to reveal herself to be a Changeling, much to one Native Stallion’s surprise before rushing away.

“Surrender now or we will level your home, just as we done to others before.” Ronson issued off this in wanting the Native Pony Resistances to give up or face the consequences.

“Listen well, I know you don't want your charges hurt. So, come quietly to the dungeons of Canterlot of where we rule & I promise to leave the others alone.” Queen Chrysalis issued off that she knows what will make Zecora give in, as she smirked in stating she’ll leave all of the other Native Ponies alone, as she wants the one that is their chief to break their will.

“Why would she ever think about trusting you?!” Fluttershy sternly & boldly stepped forth with a spear held up in stating this without fear as Zecora kept her serious position from being knocked over by these bad odds.

“Because my sister wants to remove that which sprung thorns. Give her up quietly or things will get nasty.” Ronson exclaimed to say this in a Demoniacal voice in stating the worse outcomes for those that resist them.

“What should we do? Stand & fight?” Spike whispered off in what they do in this situation.

“We can’t, that’ll make things worse.” Nyx whispered back about how they can’t do much here, for this timeline at least.

“Even if there's a chance Chrysalis will honor her word, shouldn't you try to think about it?” Twilight approached Zecora to try to see if they can make some negotiations even to a villain like Chrysalis & her brother Ronson.

“Listen closely…Race to the map while we hold off their attack. Stop Starlight & put the whole world back on track!” Native Zecora hushed her words to secretly whisper this to Twilight & her family in knowing that they will hold off the attack while hoping those here will set the world straight from what has happened.

“I understand. Thank you.” Twilight silently whispered while she nodded as she ran towards the opposite position of the attackers.

“Time to make a decision now or never, Zecora! The delaying the inevitable will not favor you for long.” Chrysalis issued off to say this while Twilight silently told her family to follow her as Spike rode on her & Phobos rode on Ben as they ran into the forest.

“Even if what you are saying were true, we'd never surrender to a creature like YOU!” Native Zecora issued off to sternly object the matter of surrender terms to the enemy. “HOAAAAYYYHHHH!” Then she makes a battle cry, followed by many of the Native Ponies joining their chief as they rush into battle.

Soon Queen Chrysalis hiss as she & her Changelings soon dives in, & soon the Changeling Queen’s emerald horn lights up as she faces Zecora before blasting her down; while many began to run amuck around the other native ponies.

“Hmm…” Ronson looked ahead of the battle to see…the Sparkle Family trying to get away. “Moe, Larry, Curly….investigate anyone trying to escape! It could be useful intel!” He turn to three Changelings with names while giving them orders; as the three took off with the others to chase the runaways.

Soon a Changeling hiss before he was blasted by a pink beam, as Twilight was rushing to the spot with her family. But a lot more Changelings were on the move.

Twilight Sparkle & Ben were panting like crazy, but hearing more insect roars from Changelings on the move only made them rush off faster. As the gang was coming up close to seeing the crystal map of where they left it. But a roaring noises from behind made Spike & Phobos look back, only to dodge a Changeling from almost biting them.

“Hurry up! These pest are really bugging us!” Phobos complains but some choose to ignore the whiny guy.

As many Changelings surround the group to almost attack, Twilight teleported her & her family in which the Changelings bump themselves. Then teleporting to the map, Twilight levitated the time scroll to view it, then prepared the magic as a familiar rotating of aura rings appeared in the spot that shot up.

“Not so fast! You’re coming with us!” Then appearing from behind the gang, Moe, Larry & Curly had got the drop on them…or did they?

“Look! Keith Richards!” Nyx pointed off in stating this of who was near.

“Where?” Larry & Curly asked off to look around in trying to find who Nyx spoke of; which unknown to them, Nyx wink to the baby Dragons who caught on the plan.

Then Spike & Phobos used their tails to whack Larry & Curly from left to right, which knocked into Moe in the center off backwards from the spot, allowing the gang to sigh in relief to get that problem off their backs before working on the time spell. Then the same Magical Time Portal appeared to suck those inside, as it vanished the next minute while the Changelings saw their prey escape. Even the recovered Moe, Larry & Curly saw what happened after they got whacked off there.

“Hey Moe, where they go?” Larry asked off in what just happened here?

“Why you asking me when you saw it yourself?” Moe remarked off the question when the answer was simple; those guys got away.

“Think the queen & king will wanna know about them escapees going into a weird portal thing?” Curly then suggested how they gonna explain this that will surely be unpleasant news for Queen Chrysalis & King Ronson to hear. “Owwwwh!” Then Curly yelped form when Moe slapped him on the face for having to ask a dumb question.

 

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BACK IN CLOUDSDALE’S PAST, AGAIN!

 

The scene opens around the training course in Cloudsdale, as a familiar Magical Time Portal above in the sky before dropping off the Sparkle Family. But this time, Twilight used her magic to levitate everyone & then focus on casting a barrier around them. Which at that very moment, it protected them from a familiar light blue magic beam from touching them. Once it was over, Twilight dropped her magic barrier to stare off with a serious face at…the attacker of that magic beam, Starlight Glimmer who stood on a cloud nearby as both mares had their serious faces on.

“There she is!” Spike pointed off in spotting Starlight Glimmer.

“Alright, let’s get her!” Phobos exclaimed that they can get the troublesome pony.

“Watch out!” Ben yelled out as he summoned his Hylian Shield to block something that almost hit the gang, a spear thrown by Seekcurse.

“Care if I intervene?” Seekcurse smiled off in having cut in the moment the good guys were gonna try to stop Starlight Glimmer.

“Looks like we’ll have to handle this guy.” Nyx stated to say this before transforming into her Battle Form.

“Hey Twilight, will you be okay alone?” Ben asked his love if she can be alright.

“I will! You all deal with Seekcurse & make sure he doesn’t try anything!” Twilight nods off to say this with determination being her guide while the others deal with another problem.

Then quicker then another could say, Twilight took off into the air, & fired a strong pink magic beam from her horn. But Starlight Glimmer used her magic on herself to make her body levitate away as that attack from Twilight slice the cloud in half that it actually fell off.

“Not a bad move, but it's gonna take a lot more than that to beat me!” Starlight Glimmer smiled lightly to comment that move, before getting all ego in stating that such an attack won’t stop her so easily as she got serious.

“Lucky for you Starlight Glimmer, there's more where that came from!” Twilight issued off to say this as she lit up her horn before taking off further into the sky before doing a cartwheel maneuver.

Then Twilight was doing rapid magic beam shots as she flew down, as Starlight Glimmer summoned a light blue barrier to protect her from the attack. Spike & Phobos yelped from the shards of Twilight’s attack that almost got near them while unaware of two Pegasus fillies smiled in seeing some action. But Ben & Adult Nyx were focusing on fighting against Seekcurse as Ben summoned his Megaton Hammer to POW the cloud ground which broke apart, causing the enemy to leap backwards, only for Adult Nyx to appear from her Star Dust Form to deliver a kick to his expose backside.

“Heh, so now you wanna be serious, hugh? Then you best not stop!” Seekcurse exclaimed from seeing how this was going, as Ben & Adult Nyx continued tonight the guy.

Right now, Starlight Glimmer fired off a Unicorn Burst move at Twilight moving across the skies to avoid it as the Alicorn mare zoom through the cloud rings which were sliced in half. And as Twilight zoom across parts of Cloudsdale, it caught the attention of more Pegasus fillies to smile in living this; a super-cool battle action right here before them. Twilight then focus to fire a beam shot from her horn as it disburse Starlight Glimmer’s cloud as she leaped off to dodge that move.

“You've REALLY gotta work on your aim a bit.” Starlight Glimmer used her magic to levitate herself as she was making this taunting remark before firing another powerful magic beam. Twilight yelps before focusing to teleport out of the attack that missed her & punched right through a portion of Cloudsdale.

Soon Twilight flew around in firing another magic beam to which Starlight Glimmer levitates herself to dodge. Then Starlight Glimmer focused hard in firing another magic beam when Twilight struggled to keep her magic barrier up. And even the two mares shot off two Unicorn Burst attacks at the same time while dodging them upwards & downwards of the attack pattern.

Even Ben used his Master Sword to fire a Sword Beam at Seekcurse who dodged across to avoid that move. Then Adult Nyx appeared to fire a Night Blast at the enemy, but Seekcurse used a shield on hand to block it. Then Spike & Phobos jumped to bite Seekcurse’s hooves that caused him to yell before Ben & Adult Nyx gave a mean left-hook blow.

Of course as the fighting continues, it did cause a problem, as it made Young Rainbow Dash, Dumb-Bell & Hoops that were having their race through some cloud rings to…stopped as they too noticed something going on that was cutting in-between their race. Now Twilight lands on the cloud surface, panting from exhaustion & seen Starlight Glimmer drop to the ground with her levitation spell on herself undo to pant & sweet. Both mares were panting & sweating from being tired out from this lasting fight. Even Starlight Glimmer fired a weaker magic beam while Twilight just managed to make a small shield barrier to block that shot.

“How you holding up Twilight?” Ben called out to see how Twilight is handling her situation.

“Okay…pant, you?” Twilight pants a bit while wondering how the others are faring.

“I have help here, so it’s not that difficult! Just wrap it up & we can go home to our Normal Future!” Ben stated to say this that they now have Seekcurse pin down & making sure he doesn’t make any suspicious movements.

“This is the end of the line of your evil, Seekcurse!” Adult Nyx issued off to say this as she had the foe right where they want him; Seekcurse snarled off in seeing this bunch got lucky.

“Whoa!” But then the moment was interrupted from a young pony’s voice as it made the tired Twilight & Starlight & the others that had Seekcurse pin down look back, only for the good guys to get a surprise. Young Rainbow Dash was seen with Young Dumb-Bell & Hoops as she was eating popcorn in where they were watching a movie, or a live action performance.

“Whoops! Maybe we should have taken this FAR out of Cloudsdale instead!” Phobos yelps in seeing that perhaps they should have taken the fighting AWAY from the location that their epic battles draw in too much a crowd.

Then teleporting near the three young racers that took a break from racing to watch the battle was…Twilight, & for good reason.

“What are you doing here? You have to finish your race!” Twilight asked off in why Young Rainbow Dash was stopping her race to make a Rainboom to watch their magical battle.

“No way! You kidding me? This is way more exciting! An Epic battle of magic, weapons play & a hovering Earth pony & Dragons tackling that scary evil pony actor. This is the best show yet!” Young Rainbow Dash exclaimed to say this in liking this exciting scene way more than some race she was having with two bullies, even they stop to watch.

“Sorry Twilight. I guess the battle caught too much attention. We got every filly & colt here.” Spike exclaimed to say this as he, Phobos, Ben & Adult Nyx approach Twilight while leaving Seekcurse behind in seeing the plan to keep interference of the RainBoom backfired, again.

“You see now? You can't stop me no matter what you & your group do.” Starlight Glimmer boasted off to say this as she approached those here without worry as the intervention of the Rainboom went off without a hitch; as she was preparing her horn to continue the battle.

“You fought well, but in the end, it is useless to struggle.” Seekcurse also appeared from nearby in stating this that no matter what is done, the heroes will only end with failure.

Twilight has her horn glowing, same with Adult Nyx while Ben, Spike & Phobos got themselves ready to continue the battle. But then a light flash from above, as the gang yelped in feeling themselves get levitated off the ground before being sucked in & disappeared once more through the Magical Time Portal; all while some young viewers watch what happened here.

“Aw, man, no winners. Just as it was getting good too!” Young Rainbow Dash pouted to toss her popcorn on the cloud surface ground in seeing the exciting battle has just been busted before a winner was decided.

“I will enjoy killing my enemy when she is not even a threat…” Seekcurse stated in seeing the young Rainbow Dash as he was about to reach a weapon to prepare his approach…only to be stopped by Starlight Glimmer.

“What did I say about no killing fillies,” Starlight Glimmer sternly snaps at what this guy was about to do if she didn’t cut in.

“You saw it, they fought back! Why not just kill her & the others before they can retaliate?” Seekcurse protest this to the mare that Twilight’s group will try to return to stop them unless they can kill them off when they are young now.

“Because taking a life is not us living in equality & I will thank you to stay away & let me handle this! Understood!” Starlight Glimmer sternly protest for the guy to understand that she will make everything be under equality, but taking life crosses the line.

“Understood…” Seekcurse lightly nods in sighing in defeat, as Starlight Glimmer left to guide the young foals away in saying ‘the show’s over’ & other excuses. “It appears something has made whatever evil we tried to enforce on you to weaken. However, if the moment that you are defeated, then I will step in & take control & do things…MY way!” Seekcurse darkly mutters this under his breath in seeing how Starlight is apparently lacking the right resolves in which he’ll step in when she fails for real; with that, everything goes dark at this moment…

 

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Now the scene changes to the same council table, where it still stood even from the little light from above as the Magical Time Portal was there, then vanished afterwards. Then the Sparkle Family landed on the crystal map in which they groan from their impacts to bounce off the table & onto the ground where they continued to ache some pains. The baby Dragons felt soar because that was a trip deal they rather not deal with. But now the focus was where they are from the term WHEN they landed in this time.

“That's strange.” Spike stated off to say this in looking up in seeing they are in a dark forest & hear the sounds of crickets.

“Well, you obviously don't mean us falling a lot, because that's becoming pretty routine.” Twilight stood up to rhetorically state the fact of how they kept expiring this so much, it must not be what Spike’s going on about as being ‘strange’ at this time.

“Can’t argue, you know how many times I landed on my head.” Phobos rubbed his aching head as the others got up from getting any feeling back.

“No you guys, it's just the other times we've come back, it's been day! But look!” Spike pointed off in being concern about when they came back to this present point, how it’s been daytime, but now…well, they look up to see for themselves. Above in the clouds, there was no sun, it was as if they skip the day & entered nighttime already.

“Spike’s right, the other times was during the day, never around nighttime.” Nyx nods off to say this in seeing that Spike was right, it is now night time here.

“This is strange. Why would the map bring us back to a different time of day than when we left?” Twilight looked to her family in being puzzled, why would they be brought back to this strange point in time during a different hour of the day.

But while some were puzzled about such things, the branches were heard making some cracking sounds that Spike & Phobos looked ahead to get wide eyes.

“Um, maybe we should figure it out later!” Spike spoke off in looking concern with worry about thinking about that answer for another time.

“Why’s that?” Twilight asked in why they should figure this out later than now.

“Oh, because of them!” Phobos slowly pointed off in being freaked out now.

Then something steps near for the gang to turn & focus their attention on. The growling noises were belonging to what appears to be, a small pack of…Timberwolves! They were covering the council table map, as if exploring a new territory. Twilight tried to light up her horn, but it went ka-blook, from her being tired. Even Nyx couldn’t transform from being tired, & Ben felt his strength from when they had those tough fights against Starlight Glimmer & Seekcurse, it must have sued up too much of their strength.

“Bad time to be too poof-to-puff!” Phobos exclaimed as he & Spike sweat-drop, they are in a bad situation now.

One of the Timberwolves was sniffing the air, before snarling with its growls to be join by another as their glowing eyes…spotted some company in the area.

“Any ideas?” Nyx asked off in what they do from here.

“Two words! RUN-AWAY!” Phobos simply screamed out a plan from his fear guiding him.

No sooner did Spike get on Twilight while Phobos rode on Ben, as they & Nyx ran with all they got to get away from the Timberwolves. “Awoorrruuuhhh!” Soon they make their howling calls as if calling in backup. The running ponies were panting to run, as they could see from within the forest, many glowing eyes of Timberwolves were about to be on the way. But then Twilight cease her running from almost going over an edge, but then she & the others looked ahead to spot something that made them gasp. A castle decorated with a midnight effect with dark blue walls & & the top of the towers were crescent moon-shapes.

“The Castle of the Two Sisters!” Twilight exclaimed off in recognizing what that castle was from studying such a building.

“But how, it was still in ruins, now it’s…” Ben was about to question this about how a ruin castle is now so new when…

Then more howling from other Timberwolves in the area made those yelp to snap back in reality that they are still being chased.

“Well, don't just stand here your guys!” Spike stated off to jump off Twilight’s back to run over the bridge leading from the first to the castle ahead.

“Yeah! Pick up the pace or your Timberwolves next CHOW-TIME!” Phobos issued off to say in joining this running from wolf pursuers.

The pony group quickly followed the baby Dragons over the bridge, where they soon came towards the castle itself. The Sparkle Gang entered through & then shut the door behind them; sighing with relief to be out of that trouble with such wolves. But afterwards, everyone looked inside to spot what the Castle of The Two Sisters looked like, it was decorative with a nice light blue & nighttime atmosphere with banners of stars, moon, plants, even shard glass windows had that. But the freaky thing was when the torches lit up, but it was a blue flame that seem, natural.

“Woah, blue flames…scary!” Phobos exclaimed a bit spooked out by what he sees.

“Phobos, you’re a Moon Dragon, you can make blue flames.” Nyx reminded Phobos that he can make blue flames too.

“Yeah, but not lit them up in suspicious castle themes.” Phobos stated off to say this about how such flames can be scary in certain use.

The group followed the living blue flames into the opening of the castle, leading to a certain throne room location.

“You know. This place looks a lot cleaner than I remember when we were doing it.” Spike spoke off in seeing how a place that was a ruined castle, looks a heck of a lot better as if it’s been well taken care of.

Then without warning, something that looked like a tapestry was levitated up before the gang that spooked them a bit. But then walking by was someone that the group seem to recognize, especially three diamond cutie mark on the flank.

“Rarity!” Twilight called out with joy as she & many of the others were happy to see a friend after such a rough night encounter.

But looking closely, the Rarity here seem to have her mane style in a European style of a ladyship, wore violet glass hooves, & wore a nightly castle decorative uniform as if having a job around here as she was setting the tapestry in place.

“If your here for a tour, the castle isn't open for viewings today. The tapestries all need changing. Again.” Rarity issued off to turn to the visiting group in lecturing them about visiting hours while stating what she is currently working on. “Again.” She rolled her eyes in stating that remark of how these tapestries need tone changed, it seems she’s still the fashion-stylish of seeing what needs to be kept in style.

“Rarity, it's me!” Spike approached Rarity when she was using her magic on the tapestry when a happy-go Spike surprised her by opening up to her.

“I don't socialize with Dragons, not after those Moon Dragons set fire on all the fine silks in the kingdom.” Rarity remotely issued off to say this about anyone that would hang or socialize with Dragons. “I don't know anypony who would with such things.” She remarked off to turn & scoff off in not caring much for Spike.

Spike heard all that with great shock as he starts to whimper like a sad little puppy; Rarity doesn’t wanna be or socialize with him. This place is looking less pleasant by the minute now.

“Hey, you got a problem with Dragons, missy?” Phobos snapped off in seeing how Rarity was insulting Dragons now.

“Easy, Phobos. You don't wanna go crazy on her.” Nyx held Phobos back from almost about to go crazy on someone that made fun of Dragons, who in truth is their friend.

“Well, I should've pounded that one delegate to the ground when he dismissed Spike when he was pretending to be princess while Twilight was sleeping that one time.” Phobos stated off in what he should’ve done during the whole ‘Princess Spike’ event in Canterlot.

“You mean Fluffy Clouds?”

“Oh, you had to bring that up again. I thought we agreed to never talk about that again.” Spike sighs to moan & complain that Phobos had to bring that up now.

“Rarity, you have to listen to me! The future of Equestria's at stake here!” Twilight leaps over Spike, Phobos & Nyx to try to speak some sense into this Countess Rarity version of her friend.

“I don't know how you know my name, but I am far too busy to entertain some tourist's ridiculous fantasies.” Rarity turns away to scoff about how Twilight knows about her name before remarking off about helping some crazy tourist about such nonsense before using her magic to levitate another batch of tapestries here upwards while many felt this mare was not being generous to offer help at all.

“I have to get back to the map outside, so I can stop Starlight from changing the past, because every present I come to is worse than the last!” Twilight explained forth this for this Rarity to understand how dire the situation is that unless they stop Starlight Glimmer, every future is more terrible then the last one they have seen.

“Time travel, you say?” Spoke a female’s voice in repeating the words that made Twilight free up; as she & her family looked to notice they are NOT alone here. Upon a throne of moon theme & demonic bat-wings, etc. sat a pony in shadows. The gang looked around to notice that from the tapestries, they show an image of a dark town with a full moon, & on that moon is…not Luna, but her evil self; Nightmare Moon. From that to the stain glass windows & on the throne was two descent moon pieces from left & right with a center crescent moon, all midnight color. But closer to who sat on the throne began to be seen. “Now that's something I would very much like to see.” The pony revealed her expression of wicked glee, it was Nightmare Moon, in the flesh.

“Aunt Luna!” Ben exclaimed off in shock in seeing what has happened to his aunt, she’s become, or rather still IS, Nightmare Moon!

“Aunt?!” Nightmare Moon repeated that word puzzled in being addressed as such. “We have no nephew. Of course, when we look at you, thou look similar to someone we once know…” She studied Ben in knowing she doesn’t have any nephews, but Ben does seem to make her think of…someone that was in the dark wildlife.

“So, you’re the one making it nighttime, but…shouldn’t it be day because things need sunshine for warmth & crops to grow?” Nyx questioned in seeing who was making the day night, but then if it’s always nighttime, how can things grow or be warm.

“Oh young one, we use special heat spells & enchantments on the plants to keep many alive. All to prevent those who are loyal to serve me from either freezing or starving to death in the eternal night.” Nightmare Moon smile doff eagerly to explain what they have that can provide simple things. “But you intrigue me, thou must have born of fate to match a resemblance to we,” She stated in taking a notice of Nyx, as if looking at a younger version of…herself.

“Gulp…” Nyx swallowed hard in having a bad feeling about that, an alternate Nightmare Moon looking at the reincarnation of herself from another time; spells trouble here.

Nightmare Moon begins to let off a magical laughter, as she does, ponies wearing what look like demonic Royal Guard style armor appeared as they defend the evil mistress of the night. As Rarity left the room, the heroes were surrounded by Nightmare Moon’s Nightmare Guard from all sides, keeping them box together.

“But enough of such small chat. Tell me how you came by this magic to travel through time.” Nightmare Moon issued forth to ask this as she flapped her wings off her throne to approach the group in wanting answers of something to travel through time.

Twilight, Ben & the rest remain firm & silent to not answer that, for knowing that it was bad enough one to two ponies are messing with the past, a third villain will make things worse.

“The princess asked you a question!” Spoke one of the Nightmare Guard from behind that spook the others, before she removed her helmet to reveal…a Rainbow Dash with a buzz Mohawk mane while looking like a drill-serpent with an attitude. “And unless you wanna end up in the dungeon, you'll tell her what she wants to know!” Rainbow Dash issued this off in threatening what will happen if those here don’t do as they are told, will suffer; Twilight & the rest are shocked to see another of their friends has become something, awful to be loyal to a villain then for the good of others in need.

“Oh great! Now we see Rainbow Dash here is a flank kissing lieutenant to this boy!” Phobos rolled his eyes in seeing what happened with this Rainbow Dash that once stood up reckless the first time Nightmare Moon showed up.

“What! Why you insolent little toad! You have any idea of who you are addressing.” Rainbow Dash protest off in seeing how rude Phobos was to Nightmare Mon. “This is Nightmare Moon, known as Black Yue, daughter of Tso Lan, the Moon Demon Lord.” She issued off to say this before those that dare make such a scene.

“The Demon Lords?” Twilight yelps in realizing what sort of future this was.

“That’s right, each of the eight Demon Lords have his or her side of Equestria they rule on this planet, followed by their children.” Rainbow Dash issued off to say this in what their world is ruled over by.

“Children, but the only children of those guys would be Drago.” Ben stated off in recalling that the group only seen Drago, Shendu’s son & no one else.

“Thou know of Shendu’s son, but lacks information of the others? Perhaps you did come from another time. Especially with a Moon Dragon I have not seen before & I know many that serve me.” Nightmare Moon stated off in seeing that the group have indeed come from a place different from her own world with even a Moon Dragon she has not seen.

“Eh-heh, just lucky I guess.” Phobos sheepishly let off a chuckle in getting a bad feeling about this case.

“Still…nopony in my kingdom, but me should possess a magic powerful enough to change the course of time.” Nightmare Moon slowly issued off in stating this in being firm about being one to have that which can change time.

“Wait…Your kingdom?” Spike spoke off in offense in hearing this, which made the others yelp before Twilight nudge a sheepish Spike for speaking out of term in their situation.

“Who else would rule this kingdom?” Nightmare Moon issued off i demanding who the baby dragon was referring to another who would rule then her.

“Um... Celestia, of course!” Spike nervously thought about this before smiling sheepishly to state who he was referring to.

Course the Nightmare Guard cringe with worry in having the name Celestia heard out of the bloom & right in front of Nightmare Moon too. As the gang seem to look worry as Nightmare Moon glared at them with a frown at first before…

Nightmare Moon was letting off a magical laughter as if finding what she heard to be truly a laughing riot that she couldn’t help it. “My sister has been imprisoned in the moon for years!” She issued off to point at the window, where there was a full moon in which…an image of the mare in the moon is seen, only this time it’s not Nightmare Moon, but…Celestia who was trapped.

“What…my mother is…” Ben yelps in shock, his mother was…sealed in the moon.

“But it is no less a fate than she'd sentence me to a 1000 years ago!” Nightmare Moon issued off to lean down to the group that were worried in having heard how she suffered worse for a 1000 years while it’s been a few for Celestia to suffer. “Now, you will reveal to me the source of this time magic you came about!” Nightmare Moon stomps her left hoof & opened her wings with a threatening gaze in issuing this demand for those to show her the source of time travel.

The gang was in a tight fix, they can’t get out of this with their strength not fully recovered, nor can they fight off the enemies in here. Therefore, Twilight came to realize that there was but one chance left to take…it was risky, but it has to work.

“…Alright.” Twilight looked to Nightmare Moon with a serious gaze in willing to give in to help out, much to many that were surprised.

“What, Twilight, no!” Spike protest to say this as Twilight looked a bit sadden in what she’s doing, it’s not easy when the odds are stacked against them.

“You can’t!” Nyx also protest in not wanting her mother to give in to the demand terms.

“We have no choice, Spike, Nyx.” Twilight sadly explained this to Spike & Nyx, before she approaches Nightmare Moon in defeat. “I can take you to it, of where we were, but you'll have to get past the Timberwolves.” Twilight issued that she can show the way, but the destination is blocked by Timberwolves that they ran from.

“I am but one of the rulers of all of Equestria. Do you think I can't deal with Timberwolves?” Nightmare Moon remarked off to say this with a big wide grin of confidence in her abilities to handle such predator creatures that are hardly a threat to her.

“No. I know you can.” Twilight looked down to say before looking up in being serious of knowing that this villain can easily take care of the Timberwolves easily.

But of course, Nightmare Moon’s cocky expression was replace with a stern frown face, something of what this mare said sounds like…there was a hidden meaning before such bold action against a being as powerful as her.

“Very well…And if you were thinking of trying to escape…” Nightmare Moon issued off to say this before her horn lit up with a magic glow. Then without warning, Spike & Nyx were levitated upwards. Then before anyone knew it, magic chains were wrapped around the two tightly, keeping them from escaping. “…it would be very unfortunate for your friend. Along with this one, perhaps a failed attempt to clone me, whatever the case, she too will be unfortunate.” Nightmare Moon made a sly & dark smirk in stating this threat of no tricks, or those she is using to blackmail, will suffer.

This caught Twilight, Phobos & Ben off guard, it looks like Nightmare Moon is not taking any chances with them.

“If you hurt our daughter, I’ll…” Ben was looking upset by how Nyx was being treated & was about to act when…

“Ben, no…despite her action, it’s still Luna inside.” Twilight stopped Ben in knowing that despite this being an enemy, it’s also a friend & family member under an evil influence.

“I…your right, I forgot she isn’t in the right of her mind with Tso Lan’s little experiment using Aunt Luna as a host. I’m just glad Nyx is still existing outside of time here even while we’re in this future.” Ben sighs off toggle in when knowing that they have to swallow hard & just do what this evil Alicorn wants…for now.

Seeing they must conspire with this enemy, the group had to listen, no matter what.

Later on, the scene changes to around the moment it’s still dark out & the moon with Celestia’s head is still there. There was some magic light along with growling noises. But from certain magic zaps, it was revealed to be Nightmare Moon, zapping any of the Timberwolves on sight to whimper & flee the scene. As Nightmare Moon lead forward, Twilight was with her as the night mare blew another wolf made of twigs apart while the rest of the Nightmare Guard had the others with them as they moved along with Nightmare Moon still hovering the chain Nyx & Spike.

“Pss…over here!” Suddenly from the bushes, a voice called to Ben before he saw….a strange looking unicorn version of Twilight.

“Hugh…Twilight?” Ben yelped lightly in seeing who this pony was, but…his Twilight is ahead with Nightmare Moon.

“Keep your voice down, the guards will hear you!” The other Twilight silently told Ben to keep his voice down.

“Who are you? Are you…some kind of alternate Twilight to this place?” Ben asked off in guessing this was an alternate version of Twilight, but how can there be when the Twilight with him was here now; weird time travel stuff.

“You could say that. After I failed my entrance exam, I'll admit I was badly depressed at first, but my time line's versions of you, my family and Moondancer helped me get over it reasonably quickly. In fact, I was actually pretty happy for a few years despite my failure. Oh, I continued to hone my magic, but I realized failure wasn't the end of the world. Unfortunately, the good times would not last forever. A few years ago, Nightmare Moon returned. I saw the signs but felt I needed hard evidence because, even being the marefriend of Celestia's adopted son didn't exactly make me close enough where I could present those kinds of suspicions without hard evidence. By the time my time line's Ben and Moondancer helped me gather sufficient evidence to prove my findings, it was already too late. Aided by Ben, Shiny & Moondancer, I tried to recover and activate the Elements of Harmony without success. In fact, three of the ponies I cared about the most ended up losing their lives because of Nightmare Moon's wrath. I escaped with my life - and with the worthless elements - but ended up in arguably an even worse mess. I ended up having to dodge not just her troops, but also a few monsters hiding out in an abandoned building. Pretty much the only reason I even try holding on to the Elements is so I can analyze them to try to create a weapon powerful enough to stop Nightmare Moon without me having to put any other ponies at risk.” Alternate-Twilight explained off the view of what happened here of what other adventures took place before those of Equestria Prime came around.

“Well don’t worry, we’re gonna set things right, for now, keep out of sight.” Ben whispered this to this Alternate Twilight.

“Don’t worry, she has me for that.” Then popping next to Alternate Twilight was…Pinkamena in dark camouflage.

“Pinkamena?” Ben raised an eyebrow in seeing who else was here.

“Shh, good luck on what you’re doing.” After that, Alternate Pinkamena took Alternate Twilight away, as Ben continued to move along without alerting anyone of what he saw; it was in a word; weird to explain.

“Tell me…How does it work?” Nightmare Moon spoke to Twilight in demanding to know how to work the time travel spell.

“A pony from my time used this spell to travel back & change the past. That’s all that happened & how we came here.” Twilight explained with a firm expression about what Starlight Glimmer did that travel back to change an event before they came here; as she points to a familiar map of where they needed to be

“How very interesting & now you will give this spell to me!” Nightmare Moon smile doff with wicked joy of how she can use such a spell for her advantage. “With it, I will ensure that the Elements of Harmony are never found, the Demon Lords are never banished; our reign lasts forever!” She issued forth this wicked evil plot to go back & time to change certain events to make sure, evil rules over all.

“But it won’t.” Twilight cuts in to say this in dropping the bomb on Nightmare Moon’s spotlight of victory.

“What?!” Nightmare Moon went wide eye to look at Twilight shock & puzzled, what did the mare mean…was there something she did not know?

“In my world, my friends & I found the Elements & used them to defeat you!” Twilight spoke forth in a bold tone in revealing something for the current Nightmare Moon of this timeline of what really occurs. “And I will do everything in my power to bring that world back!” As she opened her wings in pronouncing that she will return everything the way it should be.

“She ain’t the only one! Megaton Hammer/Powfruvhmm…” Ben issued off to say this in summoning his hammer, & stomps it on the ground to shake up Nightmare Moon’s Guards.

“No!” Nightmare Moon yelled off to say, as she fired a magic beam, but Twilight teleported away. At the same moment the Nightmare Guards were caught off by Ben’s stunt attack, Twilight teleported in to snatch Spike & Nyx to free them. At being free, Nyx used her own magic to turn into her Battle Form & fires a stun spell off at Nightmare Moon.

“It's impossible! How could thou be us when we are us!!?” Nightmare Moon asked off stun & demand this of seeing the black filly turn into some other adult version of herself, how?

“Know this, Luna. We will go back & get you back to normal. I was once you & I will never be you ever again!” Adult Nyx issued off to say this in knowing that she & Luna, will never be the evil Nightmare Moon ever again.

Soon Twilight teleported everyone onto the map as Nightmare Moon saw this & almost ready her magic attack…but Twilight used her magic to activate the time spell.

“Whelp, it’s been fun, but…gotta blast!” Phobos remarked off to taunt those here, as the same rotation magic ring was appearing before a familiar Magical Time Portal showed up.

“Noooooo!” Nightmare Moon yelled off in seeing the heroes escape through the Magical Time Portal as the Nightmare Guards tried to apprehend, but the portal vanished in a flash of light with blinded everyone; the heroes had escape another close & dangerous future encounter.

 

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BACK IN CLOUDSDALE’S PAST, YET AGAIN!

 

The scene opens to where the Magical Time Portal appeared where those from the emerald void fly out of it with the baby dragons riding on Twilight & Adult Nyx while Ben used his Hover Boots. Then Twilight instantly fired off a magic beam spell with a serious focus on a spot, just as Starlight Glimmer deviates herself to the area to attack; only to be hit & then trapped in a familiar Crystal Block with a stump expression.

“Now more than ever I know how important it is to stop you!” Twilight flies near the frozen foe in declaring that it’s more important than before, to stop this pony from changing the past.

Having heard that, Starlight’s expression made an upset face before her horn lit up as she blasted her way out of the Crystal Block prison to hover in the air again.

“Well then, good luck!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this in looking extra eager to do what she can, to stop the heroic bunch from stopping her as she levitated off which the gang yelp before following.

At the same motion, Young Rainbow Dash was racing against Young Hoops & Dumb-Bell through another cloud ring when…

“Whoooaaaa!” Young Rainbow Dash yelps out from an unexpected hoof came up & knocked her off course while the two young bullies flew ahead.

As it was shown to be Starlight Glimmer smiling at this while the others watch in seeing, they were too late. Then appearing in a flash of light was the Magical Time Portal, as it suck them in when they yelped while leaving a smirking Starlight seeing the gang left to see the changes in the future as the final spark blinded the screen.

 

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The scene changes to where we see the Sparkle Gang land on the map from a rough ride before the Magical Time Portal vanishes. Only to notice from getting up, heavy stomps are heard that made them go wide-eye, to look up to gasp in seeing what was happening. From red/orange skies, stomping across the trees was none other than…TIREK, in this Final Form only this time, he was leveling a nightly magic beam from his horns all over the area.

“HOLY….Tirek’s Rampaging all over Equestria again!” Ben exclaimed in seeing this, he remembers how hard it was to take this foe down when he had all the magic in Equestria.

“Get us back, GET US BACK!!! Phobos exclaimed off in being terrified, this was a future they do NOT wanna handle.

Spike quickly held up the time scroll in fear in wishing that they leave this place, pronto. A nervous Twilight also agreed as she used her magic on the scroll before things went bright white; no doubt sending them back to the past again.

 

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BACK IN CLOUDSDALE’S PAST….

 

Now we see the same thing, Magical Time Portal opening before closing while the Sparkle Gang got out. Twilight ready her magic horn that fired a beam at the target. Starlight Glimmer was seen with a confident face, but she instead moved away to let that magic shot impact Young Rainbow Dash as she was cutting between the bullies picking on Young Fluttershy; the result ended with the daring filly trap in a Crystal Block that surprised the young ones as well as Rainbow herself.

“Well done.” Starlight Glimmer smiled to clap her hooves in applying for the effort in doing the work for her in stopping the RainBoom.

“Oops, wrong one!” Phobos yelped in seeing what they did there.

“Here we go again!” Nyx exclaimed in knowing what happens next.

As the same white light flash over the gang as they are again sent back into the future of what’s to come.

 

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The scene opens up in where the Sparkle Gang pop out from….plush Earth colt toys like they needed some air. Seeing where they were, everyone looked around before nearly yelping in seeing something bizarre. It was Princess Luna & Princess Celestia, dress like….CLOWNS!? Everyone yelped with open mouths in not knowing what was happening here, before seeing the Royal Sisters running from…Discord? Yes, Discord in a royal king’s red robe cape, crown & wielded a gold scepter of his head-ornament, while riding a unicycle. Discord looked to be chasing the Royal Sisters in a circle motion while everything around was in a complete chaotic display of what the Mane Six once stopped long ago.

“Okay, this is a future, I rather we fix than live with a mom & aunt dress up to be Discord’s jesters.” Ben remotely stated. The last thing he wants is to live in a world and see his mother and aunt be treated like this.

"Well, I suppose there IS one upside to Discord's rule. At least he doesn't kill anyone for any reason. Admittedly, it's mainly because he knows that, if he does that too often, he'll run out of sentients to mess with. Still, at least it puts SOME limit on his activities." Twilight admits this off in seeing that at least this whacky future is not as terrible as the others, for most reason.

“Personally, I missed the good Discord than the crazy kind.” Phobos dryly stated about liking it better when they have Discord here as someone for good than a loose crazy loon.

“That I can agree with, Phobos.” Twilight lightly nods in agreement to that subject very much.

Course with raining pies that fell & hit Twilight’s head, her attitude become stern which made Spike & Phobos yelp in seeing the mare was still not too pleased here as she used her horn again before another flash blinded us again as another time travel trip was on the way.

 

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CLOUDSDALE’S PAST…

 

And like before, Magical Time Portal appearing, the gang coming out of the emerald void with Twilight about to fire another magic beam; until she looked off in puzzlement which the others shared. Young Fluttershy was confused because her body was going through the cloud ring course as Young Hoops & Dumb-Bell clapped in seeing her perform so well. But in truth, the yellow filly’s body was covered by a light blue magic aura & it was performed by Starlight Glimmer who looked back to smirk at the gang being too late, again.

“Oh no, not again!” Ben groans in seeing what’s about to happen next.

The same blinding white light from the Magical Time Portal appeared above to blind everyone as another visit to a change future is on the way.

 

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Now the scene changes to what looks like the Sparkle Family on the map as they look ahead to see Ponyville still standing & everything seems normal. But then they yelp when heavy machinery is in use that it pulled a tree off its root. The reason of being is because of a logo mark with the Flim-Flam Brothers on it. As seen, the brothers are piloting their construction vehicle to remove trees & have turn Sweet Apple Acres into a compound facility.

“What?” Twilight looked confused by what they see.

“How did these guys take over…” Ben asked how these salesmen ponies purchase the Apples’ Farm. Ben comment, "I definitely expected Sombra, Chrysalis, Aunt Luna - I mean, Nightmare Moon, Discord and Tirek to be tough in time lines where they were not stopped, but the Flim-Flam Brothers going from simple hucksters to rulers of the world? That definitely catches me by surprise."

“Folks, we got no idea what happened so how about we go back to the past and forget about it?” Nyx broke the fourth wall in stating this to the audience watching this while everyone looked at her puzzled, knowing she’s doing a Pinkie Pie theme.

Then another bright flash blinded us, as the group have gone back in time to the past, again.

 

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And again we see another failed motion in the past that soon brings the Sparkle Gang to where many of the enemies of alternate futures are together with their friends being servants to pour them wine in them having acquired rule of Equestria. But when noticing the Sparkle Family on the map, everyone looked to another before asking the same thing.

“Who are you?” Sombraverse/Chrysalisverse/Nightmareverse/Tirekverse/Flim&Flamverse/Past Applejack/Rainbow Dash/Rarity/Twilight Sparkle/Pinkie Pie/Fluttershy asked off in seeing the group that are here now.

“Ugh, let’s change scenery here.” Phobos nervously suggested i what they do here.

“Right! This is just weird!” Nyx nods off in thinking this was too weird even for her.

Soon the gang go off in a flash of light before they are soon going through some repeat motions of failing to stop Starlight Glimmer, which results in different alternate futures. Like the first one was about much of Equestria was in a strange gray, white, black design of futuristic city where many ponies wore strange matching outfits while watching Flash Sentry get chase by Dusk Ponies that appear from Corridors Of Darkness. The gang see a statue of a strange order group of 13 ponies in which their faces are hidden by dark cloaks, by it written, the Superior & the Apocalypse Ponies; which meant this future was ruled by them. Using the Time Scroll, the gang went back only trend up in another alternate future, this time in a weird way where many Dark Mystic Soldiers roam the areas of any towns under the Dark Mystics ruling like an empire.

“Geez, I feel like we have been through an episode of "Sliders"...except I don't like it at all!” Nyx complained off in seeing what this was starting to be.

The gang didn’t wanna stick around to see more, so they used the time scroll to get out again before they were caught…. If nothing is done soon, things are gonna continue to get worse & worse.

 

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Finally, another Magical Time Portal shows up in Cloudsdale again, as those that came out of it duck from another magical light blue beam. Just as the portal closed, everyone saw, yep, the same pony once again.

“Up for another race-ending fight, Twilight?” Starlight Glimmer’s voice spoke off before she was seen o na cloud above a race-track for the Pegasus as the Sparkle Gang landed on the cloud against the smirking foe.

“No. You were right Starlight. I can't stop you.” Twilight spoke off to say this in looking down in sorrow to expression this.

“Wait, you’re giving in?” Phobos asked off stump in what he heard.

“Phobos, that’s not what she means.” Nyx exclaimed to remind her pet pal of what Twilight maybe planning.

Suddenly Starlight Glimmer was preparing another magic beam, but Twilight reacted by casting a magic barrier to block the attack before lowering it down.

“I wasn’t finished, I can’t stop you Starlight Glimmer. But you can't stop me from trying & we could be stuck doing this for all eternity!” Twilight issued off to say this with a serious expression before getting concern that if they continue fighting i the past, then there will be no end.

“Really? If that's what it takes to keep you, & your friends from getting your cutie mark connection, then I'm game to go along!” Starlight Glimmer exclaimed off to say this with pretend concern while remarking that she doesn’t care so long as she keeps the Rainboom from happening.

“You can’t be serious?” Ben asked off in not believing the mare was serious about doing this for eternity.

“I am!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this; before firing another magic beam at the group.

Twilight cast another magic barrier to stop the attack before lowering it down from when it was over.

“You don’t understand. What you're doing goes way beyond involving matters of cutie marks!” Twilight issued off to say this in using her magic to take a nearby cloud to form a low hill with a house at the bottom. “For everything we do here in the past…even the smallest change that happens can snowball into an avalanche of trouble for the future!” As Twilight explained this, a cloud form of a tiny snowball was seen rolling down the hill towards the house which it collides to be knocked out, stating the future is like that; a wreck site.

But then the cloud demonstration is zapped by a magic beam shot, as the gang yelped from seeing Starlight Glimmer wiped it out.

“Oh really now, next thing I suppose you'll tell me, is that: ‘the fate of all of Equestria hangs in the balance’, right!?” Starlight Glimmer raised an eyebrow before making a pretend remark of sounding distressful about how Equestria’s fate is in peril, before remotely glaring about the subject in how the heroes are trying to tell her she can’t change the past because of that.

“But it does!” Twilight spoke forth in honestly stating that what she says is true.

“Spare me your overblown ego!” Starlight Glimmer rolled her eyes back in having to hear this from Twilight in saying such things are important. “No way is one group of friends, not even Princess Twilight's, is even that important!” She glared off to state & point off that whatever the change, it can’t be that the cutie mark bound from the Mane Six is crucial to happen for the benefit of the future’s sake.

“Have you not even know what we’ve been doing this whole time? Without us being together, so many different forces of evil overrun Equestria!” Ben explained that without Twilight & the Mane Five, all the terrible events that occur would not have been stopped & Equestria would fall.

“Lies! What’s so special about your group that no one else can handle?” Starlight Glimmer protest off again that she doesn’t believe the special moment that the Rainboom makes for the Mane Six is needed for Equestria’s fate to be safe.

Then as Young Rainbow Dash flew off from above, Starlight Glimmer flare up her horn to fire a magic beam.

“Aaaaaaah!” Young Rainbow Dash yelps from being knocked off from going through a cloud ring by Starlight’s attack while the bullies go through without being bothered.

“Here we go again! For the the who-knows number of times!” Phobos moans to complain in seeing this will make another trip to the future another headache to go by.

And soon the Magical Time Portal begins to open up above, preparing to suck in the Sparkle Gang once more to see what changes are made.

“I don't know how important other ponies' friendships are to the future, but I can show you what the world is like without mine in it!” Twilight spoke off in stating this to Starlight Glimmer about while others with their future may not matter, but she got serious that she will show the mare what life is like without the friendship form for the Mane Six.

As Spike & Phobos yelped from being pulled into the time void, Ben & Nyx helped push Twilight before the former two got sucked in. And then in a shocking moment, Twilight grabs Starlight Glimmer, as she resist while the Alicorn mare holds her as they get pulled into the Magical Time Portal before it vanishes in a bright light.

 

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Now the scene begins to open up in where there was wind blowing all around what looks like a wasteland. Everyone came out of the Magical Time Portal to bear-witness this place, tops for themselves, what it is that may possibly be…the future.

“There’s….nothing. Wow, for once, we have nothing to fear. Or is this a bad thing to notice?” Phobos was stating off from what he sees, but also questions it too. “Cause what is this, the Fallout Equestria or something?” The guy asked off in not knowing what to make of this.

“I don’t like it. It feels so empty. I’m scared, daddy.” Nyx stated in looking around, this place feels like all life is gone & it scares her.

“It's okay, Nyx. It's okay.” Ben spoke off to hug Nyx for comfort.

“Where are we?! What did you do during the travel?” Starlight Glimmer snapped off towards those that have brought her to a place she does not recognize.

“I didn’t do anything, this is where we end up ever time we’re sent back. The future. Or rather, the present.” Twilight explained it as everyone was by the map to look a bit sadden of knowing where they are to the upset Starlight Glimmer.

“But, that can’t be! There's nothing here!” Starlight Glimmer protest off in noticing that there is nothing around, how can this be the future without any signs of life.

“Any theories on why this is such a barren wasteland?” Spike asked off in pondering how this future might have come to be.

“Well, my theory is that the Plunder Vines went completely unchecked until they ran out of targets & then ended up dying out because they had nothing left to feed off of. Admittedly, the reasoning is purely because the Plunder Vines are the only season opener antagonist we HAVEN'T seen yet on this trip, but I digress.” Nyx randomly spoke off in having to state something that sounded bizarre at how she broke the fourth wall.

“That still doesn’t explain why there is no one around. There has to be someone.” Starlight Glimmer issued off that she wants an answer about why there was nothing around in this barren wasteland.

“I wish we could say we were surprised, but then again, we only be lying to ourselves.” Ben stated off to look down with a sad expression in seeing the map showed almost no towns, everything is dead without much life.

“Ben’s right, every world we come back to is worse than the last.” Twilight expressed off to scythes about how every world she & her family come back to, is worse than the last one they were at. “I don't even know why my friends & I are so important to Equestria, out of all other great & famous heroes we’ve met that would be better, but even still, we are.” Twilight shook her head off to exclaim this about why she & the Mane Five play a big role in Equestria, but somehow…they just are.

Starlight Glimmer stared off in shock, every future Twilight’s group has seen was worse than the last before coming here; could it be that….she caused all of this?

“No! I don't believe you!” Starlight Glimmer protest out to say this in refusing to believe Twilight’s words, how can six ponies be that important for Equestria that they are needed?

“Oh come on, Starlight, look around!” Spike stated off for the pony to look around to see the truth before them all.

“Yeah! We’ve seen things, King Sombra starts a war. Seekcurse, your BUDDY, enslaves ponies & kills humans, even the Legendary Mag’ne! And don’t get me started with the Changelings, plus Nightmare Moon with Demon Lords ruling Equestria, to Tirek’s rampage AGAIN, Discord NOT reform, & two of the Three Lords making this place a nightmare!” Phobos was pointing out all of the bad & nightmarish futures they have seen for the unicorn mare here to wake up & smell the coffee of all the horrors she’s done.

“You…you lie….there’s no way all that happens because six ponies didn’t get their cutie marks from a Rainboom!” Starlight Glimmer protest in being shocked, she refuses to believe any of this.

“Then where’s a future YOU wanted? Cause we never seen everything was alright, it’s NOT alright!” Ben sternly told Starlight Glimmer that what she was wanting, they never saw ONE future of where it looks like everything was alright & happy, just the opposite.

Starlight Glimmer was torn to look at everything from a different perspective, the future she wanted without the Mane Six’s special bound didn’t bring about a new future of better times. Instead, she hears nothing but futures where every villain that was stopped from ruling Equestria has seized victory, all because of a change in the past.

“It’s like I said, everything in the past affects the future, even the tiniest act.” Twilight issued off to sadly say this as she holds up a little dirt in her hoof before the wind blows it away. “And what you're doing in the past, leads here.” Twilight exclaimed this with truthful words to which slowly, Starlight Glimmer’s hateful &furious eyes begin to…show signs of regret & sorrow of all that has happened. “I know I can't stop you, but I thought showing you this might change your mind.” Twilight stated off to be honest, if Starlight Glimmer sees what she’s doing, it may get through to the mare that what she’s doing is causing more harm than good.

Some tiny emerald light was seen in Starlight’s eyes, but then it was fading too fast for unknown reasons. Starlight Glimmer showed an upset look from having heard what Twilight said.

“Say what…change my mind?” Starlight Glimmer snapped off to say this in flaring at Twilight who yelped back, but Ben stood determine against this angry mare. “You don't know anything about me in the slightest, Twilight Sparkle! I was perfectly happy before YOU & your FRIENDS & FAMILY ruined what I built!” Starlight Glimmer scolds off to say this towards Twilight & her family before lashing out & yelling at the gang from never knowing about her or that she was happy before they came & ruin all that she worked hard to achieve.

“You can’t speak to her that…” Ben was getting angry that again Starlight Glimmer was yelling at Twilight to make him upset until, Twilight held a hoof to stop him. “Twilight…” He looked puzzled, why does his love want hi mot not get involve when someone was being this hard to get through.

“Let it go Ben.” Twilight asked for Ben to not let such outburst get in the way as to what they need to get done. “Starlight, listen, I don't know what happened that led you to make your village without cutie marks. And I'm sorry my friends, family & I had to take it away.” Twilight spoke off in being honest about never knowing why Starlight Glimmer went down such a path to exist without cutie marks, but she is sorry that they had to take away that which someone was more happy to have then having cutie marks in anyone’s lives.

“Sorry? Why would we feel sorry from stopping her from ruining other ponies’ lives?” Phobos raised an eyebrow in pointing off this topic.

“Phobos, take it easy.” Nyx stated to calm her pet pal from making the situation harder than it needs to be.

“Hey, I’m just speaking the truth since she ended up walking in the villain shoes by being the Equalizer.” Phobos shrug off to point this off about what he thinks.

“That suit was designed by Tech of the Dark Mystics, I persuaded him to make it.” Starlight Glimmer explained about where she got the suit to begin with.

“But why, we still don’t know why you did all of this.” Spike stated off to say this in being puzzled.

“You want to know what happened to me?! Then I'll show you!” Starlight Glimmer sternly was yelling off in seeing that someone wants to know, as she deviates over the map as everyone watches as she’s about to perform the time spell.

But then suddenly, something made the pony move very slow & then something fast tackled Starlight Glimmer to the ground much to the gang’s surprise. Then as the dust clears, they all gasped in seeing Pinkamena held Starlight Glimmer down while looking like she was about to attack more until…

“Wait, Pinkamena?” Twilight yelps in recognizing this pony who seem different, even for this alternate future.

“How’d you know my name?” Pinkamena looked to the bunch while getting off of Starlight Glimmer as she too was puzzled in who this pink pony was doing attacking out of nowhere.

“Of course we know you, the Pinkie lookalike; sister to Golden Heart, etc.” Phobos rolled his eyes to comment of them knowing this pony really well.

“You know my brother?” Pinkamena raised an eyebrow in never believing someone here knows that much about her or her brother.

“Never mind that, happened to you. You’re in your Element form, but…you’re an Alicorn.” Spike pointed off in noticing the differences that Pinkamena shows, especially the latter part of not being an Earth pony no more.

“How can this be?” Twilight raised an eyebrow in how Pinkamena got wings & a horn to be an alicorn.

“I’m surprised that you know about Element Evolution, as for my Alicorn look, it’s simple?” Pinkamena stated off to say this about how she got to be such a way. “In the hardest times of battle to come, I had no choice but to extract magic from some Alicorns to help make me stronger by becoming one. Celestia, Luna when she was Nightmare Moon, Cadance, even my brother….It was a sacrifice I needed on their part, since it’s what helped me survive.” She looked down mostly to state how she had to do such a thing to help her survive.

“Survive, what do you mean? There’s nothing around here.” Starlight Glimmer raised an eyebrow i what the crazy pony here is talking about now.

“Oh but there is, no one knows how it happened, by the worse evil got out & his power was corrupting everyone to become his servants.” Pinkamena spoke off in mentioning that a great evil was unleashed

“What evil do you mean?” Ben asked off in what the pony was even talking about.

“I mean…lookout!” Pinkamena was about to say, until she cuts off her words.

Then Pinkamena pushed the gang out of the way before a black magic cloud hits her, as the magic particles starts to affect her to start making her struggle against a strange motion of..,changing into a darken version of herself.

“So, this is where you ran to.” Spoke an evil voice of so grim, that it made everyone’s fur & scales shiver as they look over a hill top, to find a large army of what looks like ponies & Mystics, but…they were all turn into darken versions of themselves with black auras coming off their bodies. And the one to walk before all as many kneel as this one made his presence was the one foe that the heroes have yet to ever face, it was….the Overlord King of Tartarus: Grimmore.

“Hugh.,,…Grimmore!” Twilight gasped off in noticing the very image of the Dark Elf that’s a Demon God sealed in Tartarus.

“He’s….free!?” Spike yelps off in fear, how can Grimmore be free instead of being sealed?

“That’s…what I’m saying…his servants obtain the keys to free him, ever since then…no pony was safe. Even the Mystics were caught unprepared before the few that survived are in hiding…But now it looks like my struggle is over before I become one of them.” Pinkamena explained as she struggled to not lose her good self, but was having a hard time as much of her body was going black.

“My dear, you had lost the moment all your comrades had fallen, one by one…” Grimmore issued to say this in forcing a transformation as Pinkamena suddenly rose up, blacken aura glowing with yellow eyes; as she was now a shadow of her former self.

“Oh no….he’s corrupting her….& she was scary WITHOUT the evil mood!” Phobos yelps in seeing how Pinkamena was starting to become scary, more so then usual.

“Hmmm?” Grimmore turns to notice the others around, & also stops a strange crystal table with a map before…sensing something from it. “Ah, time traveling, are we?” Grimmore stated in knowing what was going on here by the others that were new.

“He knows!” Nyx yelps in seeing that Grimmore knows about time travel without them saying so.

“Starlight, if you want to show us that past, then do it now….” Ben instead that the mare that wanted to show them something, do it now while the getting is still good.

Just then, Grimmore’s eyes focus on the scene, as a sudden gravity pressure of invisible magic aura was weighing down everyone. Many that felt this were struggling to push against this, but Starlight Glimmer felt this, & look at whose magic essence this was to suddenly begin to…develop fear.

“Hugh….” Starlight gasped in staring in terror at the eyes of Grimmore even from afar, it was making her sweat like crazy. “This….magic….it’s like an abyss…so much of it….so vile….so blacken…it’s…horrible!” Starlight Glimmer has felt magic & can tell magic of how strong it is, but what Grimmore was unleashing…even the Dark Mystics she once worked with were not capable of admitting this much evil power on a whim.

“Now you can tell why it’s hard facing enemies this evil & this is one we’re not prepared against!” Spike stated off that starlight Glimmer should know the enemies they fight are not normal & that Grimmore is a threat bigger than they can imagine.

“It would seem my prey has brought me to where I need to be, where now the future….& the past, shall belong to me…” Grimmore issued forth in seeing that from turning Pinkamena over to his side of evil, she lead to him a find…where time, can be the next conquest.

“Starlight, quickly, you have to get us out….” Twilight asked this as she & the others used their magical strength to push themselves up from the force pressure of Grimmore’s magic aura flow.

“Why would you trust me to help?” Starlight protest off in not once wanting to help those she wants to suffer.

“You wanna stay here & face THIS!?” Phobos issued off to point at the major scene of having to come face to face with a Demon God before them.

“Um, good point.” Starlight Glimmer sweat drop a bit in suddenly having a change of thought of the argument.

No sooner did Starlight Glimmer fire a beam onto the map, causing it to glow bright light blue before all. With the appearance of turning magic gear symbols & clock noises, everyone was diving into the map table before it suck everything & it was left back to normal. But as everyone left, Grimmore approached the crystal map as he smiled in seeing it to have uses before unleashing his dark powers in which all goes dark while we never see, WHAT…may happen.

 

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The scene changes to a strange, but peaceful little town of a different location compared to anything else in Equestria. And appearing from a white light, showed the Sparkle Gang along with a willing Starlight Glimmer, appeared from the ground in seeing this location. They have left the awful future to be somewhere within the past, but…where, or rather…when?

“Where are we?” Twilight asked off in not knowing of where they have landed in.

“That map of yours is connected to every part of Equestria and this part is my home.” Starlight Glimmer pointed off to glare at Twilight in explaining this to the group that the map connects to all parts of Equestria, including…where Starlight says it’s her home.

“Your home?” Phobos raised an eyebrow up in having heard this all of a sudden.

“Like where you grew up?” Nyx stated in realizing this was Starlight Glimmer’s home town.

“Yes, now follow me.” Starlight Glimmer issued off as she moves along as the others seem lost before shrugging it off to follow along to understand someone’s story.

Now we focus on something, as inside of a building, someone used magic to lift a book up on a tall tower of books. It was being done by a young unicorn colt with brilliant gamboge with light apple greenish splotches fur coat, brilliant & vivid vermilion color short mix mane & tail & moderate arctic blue color eyes. The colt smiled in having place the book up high while near him was, a filly version of Starlight Glimmer, only with pony tails & no cutie mark, but she clap her hooves happily to her…friend.

“Who’s that?” Ben asked off in seeing the colt playing with the filly version of Starlight Glimmer.

“My friend. Sunburst & I did everything together. In fact, I don't remember us ever being apart.” Starlight Glimmer issued off to explain this to those as they looked at the past through a window, they even saw the mare show a sad expression of…missing the days she had with the colt named Sunburst. “Until today.” Starlight Glimmer whispered this out with a bit of a hiss as the others seem lost by the subject.

We focus on the scene of where Young Starlight Glimmer was trying to focus her horn’s magic to move a book from the bottom stack that was a part of the game. But then Young Starlight Glimmer messed up, the foals yelped as the tower of so many books started to fall near the filly. Young Starlight Glimmer brace for the worse until a sunny yellow aura surrounded the books, making the filly open her eyes to see what happened. Sunburst ushered a lot of magic to move the tower of books away from the filly, levitated himself as the books spin around his body in motion. Then a bright light escape from him that made Young Starlight Glimmer yelp from the brightness before the tower of books were being placed back. Then Sunburst slowly lands on the ground a bit exhausted while Starlight Glimmer seems concern until…a light appeared on the colt’s flank to make appear: a sun bursting light rays out with sparkle stars, as his cutie mark. Sunburst was so excited, that he leap for joy & went off while passing Starlight Glimmer who watch what happened next. All of the other adult ponies in town including Sunburst’s parents saw their child had his cutie mark as the father levitates his son as everyone was making the colt the talk of the town; while leaving Young Starlight Glimmer behind to watch it all & see her friend leave.

“And just like that, my friend Sunburst was gone.” As Starlight Glimmer explained this off, her young filly self lets off tears of sadness, from seeing Sunburst…leave her alone. “His family recognized his magical talent & sent him off to Canterlot. I never saw him again.” Starlight Glimmer explained this from afar from the doorway while her filly self never saw who was there as she left the spot feeling sadness.

The Sparkle Gang were seeing this unicorn mare in a different light somehow, she had a friend, but she never saw that pony after all this time; it felt so sad.

“Well, why not?” Spike asked off the question that was on the mind, why couldn’t Starlight Glimmer see her friend; too bad that made the mare go from sad, to angry in a heartbeat.

“Because of his cutie mark!” Starlight Glimmer turn to glare at the group in protesting of why she never saw her friend again. “He got his, and I didn't get mine! He moved on with his life & I didn’t!” She came face to face with Spike, Phobos & Nyx, then up to Twilight & Ben in stating clearly about the problems she went through because Sunburst & her didn’t get things at the same time. “I stayed here in my town & never made another friend, because I was too afraid another cutie mark would take them away too!” Starlight Glimmer was letting off her words in touching her chest with tears in her eyes, letting off a heartbreak motion of why she never made any more friends because of fearing to lose them…by cutie marks.

“But that’s ridiculous. A cutie mark can't just take your friends away like that.” Twilight stated off in being surprised & speechless in seeing for the first time, that Starlight Glimmer was suffering a friend lost & believes it all happened from a cutie mark separating them.

“Right, sometimes one friend gets a cutie mark before the other, that doesn’t mean they can’t still be friends.” Ben nods off to say how sometimes friends get cutie marks ahead of another, but that don’t mean they can’t still be friends; even when Twilight got hers, he still be friends with her even if he hadn’t got his.

“Guess again! Not everypony's lucky enough to get her cutie mark at the same time as her friends!” Starlight Glimmer wiped away her tears to lash out at the others while making her horn glow to unleash a bolt of lightning in the air. This caused the Magical Time Portal to appear, as it sucked in everyone again & in a flash they were gone from the spot.

 

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AND ONCE MORE, BACK IN CLOUDSDALE’S PAST

 

Now the scene opens up to where we see Cloudsdale as the Magical Time Portal lets off the Sparkle Gang & Starlight Glimmer in the same areas on their clouds from before they left, etc. But now that they are back, everyone gets their serious faces on in knowing that another attempt to either stop of protect the Rainboom is about to take place, AGAIN!

“You don't know what it's like to lose a good friend because of a cutie mark, Princess.” Starlight Glimmer issued this off to say towards Twilight not understand while her horn lit up. “But once I stop the Rainboom that connects you & what came from it, you will!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this while seeing Young Rainbow Dash race the bullies on the course as the mare showed a wicked expression of going to make Twilight understand what it’s like to lose a friend.

Then without warning, the bag on Spike teleported away, much to the others’ surprise.

“Uh-oh! That’s not good!” Phobos yelps in seeing they lost the bag with the time scroll, which means…

“And when I destroy this scroll you used to return each time to fix what I done, there'll be no way for you to change it!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to make the levitated bag show a familiar time scroll, as the angry mare declared that when she destroys this, those here will not be able to undo what she’s trying to do.

And soon, Starlight Glimmer uses her magic to slowly begin to start a rip on the scrol, as the Sparkle Gang looks worried; without that scroll, then the hope of changing the future will be lost forever.

“Starlight, please…So just because you had ONE bad experience with friendship because of cutie marks..." Twilight tries to speak reason to Starlight, but...

"It was NOT just ONE bad experience with friendships because of cutie marks. I never made any friends for knowing cutie marks would take them away, I've seen it happen to those I almost became friends with only to see a repeated cycle to never see them again." Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this in protest of what she suffered through.

"That's still no excuse for going to these extremes. Any pony who would abandon a friend because of the gain of a cutie mark wasn't that good a friend to begin with. Besides, you have proven your magical abilities are at least an equal match for my own." Twilight stated off in focusing these logical debate matters for Starlight to understand.

"I was an extremely late bloomer. By the time my talent started showing itself, it was already too late for me. Even after what you did in the village I made, I meant up with those that held a bigger grudge against you, & so I underwent extensive training of my magic to compete with you. But I will admit though, that I was just using them for my own agenda." Starlight explained off to admit somethings of what she went through & also planned on doing from receiving an anonymous aid.

"There aren't that many who hold grudges against us that we haven't meant, but knowing who you likely was using, I seriously doubt they take kindly to back-stabbing." Twilight issued off to say this that they know who Starlight got help from, & if they learn of this, things will not be well.

“But why focus on just ONE point in time? With a time travel spell that powerful, there must have been lots you could have done?" Ben asked off in trying to get more answers out of Starlight Glimmer.

"You mean stop Starburst from getting his cutie mark, like that matters." Starlight Glimmer stated off in what would be the point of doing that. “And in case you’re going to ask, why didn't I fix it so my original plan worked? I thought of that. When I tried that, my original plan worked TOO WELL and I ended up dooming Equestria because there was literally no pony powerful enough to fight the truly powerful non-pony villains and monsters. Or control the sun and moon. I also tried allying myself with other old enemies of you and your friends, but the in-fighting undid us before we could even get one plan off the ground. I also tried patching things up with Starburst and follow him into Celestia's school, but Starburst turned out to be such a bullying jerk that it made me wonder why I even bothered.”

“Yeah. I was just entering Celestia's School by the time he graduated, but I heard a lot of stories about Starburst's bullying from some of the fourth, third and second year students. Anyway, the point is that not all ponies are like the ones that abandoned you after they found their special talents. In fact, the vast majority of ponies aren't.” Twilight explains seriously to her.

“Starlight, listen! How do you know Starburst is still a bully?” Ben pointed out a possibility that Starburst may or may not still be a bully. “Maybe he regretted what he did and his treatment. You can't hate him forever. You must at least give him another chance, at friendship...and more...”

“I can if I want to!” Starlight scowls furiously. “Like I said, even if that was the case, it still doesn’t matter!”

"It does because we all saw it, he risked himself to save you, cutie mark or not, if you intervene, your filly self would have been seriously hurt & then you make Starburst feel terrible in not having done anything when a true friend did act to help you." Ben stated from what he saw, Starburst wanted to save the Young Starlight Glimmer because they were friends, no true friend would standby to watch a friend get hurt, it only lead to devastation.

"What?" Starlight Glimmer yelped from having heard this, could what Ben say be...true? “Enough! I won’t be deceived by you! I told Seekcurse everything would be perfect & equal once this job was done, I’ll show him that I can do this without his aid.” She protest in not going to listen to Ben’s words, she must prove she can do the task given to her by the one watching her action.

“But don’t you see he’s using you?” Ben stated to say this about what Seekcurse was up to.

“Lies! Al lies!” Starlight Glimmer snapped off to say in not believing in Ben.

“Don’t you see? Your action is no better than Sunset Shimmer when she was being manipulated by the Superior before we convince her to be good.”

“That pony at least has something, I don’t!” Starlight Glimmer snapped off to say this off.

“I know where you've been, Starlight! I lost Ben years ago when he was turned into the Demon Pony! Twilight spoke in stating how she too lost a friend because of an incident.

“But he came back to you! Sunburst never did!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this about a difference between the two.

“Sunburst was more than your best friend. You were in love with him, weren’t you?” Ben stated to hit the old nail on the head on that one.

“Hugh…” Starlight Glimmer gasped, her eyes shaking & her body felt a sense of trembling. Could it be true that…Did she have feelings for Sunburst? “But what about you and Twilight? You two are so different.” Starlight Glimmer pointed out how the two lovers here are different from another.

“I know & there were some enemies that kept trying to pull us apart because of those differences, but despite that, our bond is still strong.” Ben stated off with a firm tone in not letting enemies tear them apart.

“However, that still doesn't excuse you from doing something that makes life miserable on a whole new scale!” Nyx issued off that they can’t let Starlight Glimmer do this, it’ll affect everyone in the worse way possible.

“While many of us might not know much of what you went through, but we can’t let you do this.” Twilight issued off to say this much in trying to do something to turn things around. “You are right, that I don't know what you went through! But I do know you can't do this!” Twilight admits this as she begs out that Starlight Glimmer shouldn’t do this of changing the past. “My family & I seen where this leads, & so have you!” Twilight shows pleadful eyes in wanting Starlight Glimmer to understand, that what they see, without the birth of the Rainboom, Equestria’s future will lead to horrible results.

“Yeah, the not-so-happy & TERRIFYING Future!” Phobos exclaimed off to wave his arms up in stating the scary event they saw in the future.

“Really now? I only saw what you showed me! Who knows what'll really happen in Equestria?” Starlight Glimmer pointed off her left hoof to debate the fact that what they saw, can’t be what the future will be like.

“Seriously, you were as close to being terrified when you saw Grimmore! And he’s even worse than you siding with those Dark Mystics!” Ben raised an eyebrow that the pony doesn’t get it, she saw the number one worse villain of all times, & Starlight Glimmer has only sense how strong the Dark Mystics are to know a HUGE difference.

“They were a means to an end, I never truly side with them. I only use what can serve my plans. And my plans for making the future better without six ponies is what I want.” Starlight Glimmer issued off that she only used the Dark Mystics to help her with a means to an end in preventing the Mane Six from coming together.

Twilight & the group see Young Rainbow Dash & the bullies approaching, if they miss this ONE final chance, then it’s truly game over. They have to solve this dilemma & not lose that time scroll, this is the only time that instead of fighting, words might have to be the only hope.

“But we’ve seen it a dozen times! No matter what beyond reasons, things don't turn out well in Equestria without my friends!” Twilight shook her head to honestly & sincerely say this about how without the Mane Six, Equestria has no future.

“Ugh! What's ‘so’ special about you & your friends?!” Starlight Glimmer groans to remark off this debate of hearing about Twilight & her precious friends, as she slowly rips more in the middle of the scroll. “How can it be that a group of ponies that are ‘so’ different towards another be so important?!” Starlight Glimmer debated over this issue to stomp her hoof in not understanding it; how are the Mane Six important that the future needs them, why?

“Hurry mommy, if we can somehow try to reason, maybe we can save the future.” Nyx whispered this to her mother, as they seem to be reaching out to the mare in having a hard time figuring things out.

“Better hurry, Rainbow’s making another pass.” Spike pointed this out in seeing Young Rainbow Dash race the bullies around another cloud ring; as the group are carefully & slowly approaching Starlight Glimmer in her moment of distraction.

“The differences between me & my friends, are the very things that make our friendship strong! It’s what has helped us stay together through so much.” Twilight expression with an honest smile to say this, as Starlight Glimmer seem to be…struggling with herself from feeling somewhat; confused over how much friendship Twilight has & why her friends are special.

“I thought Sunburst & I were the same.” Starlight Glimmer opened her eyes with tears flowing out, admitting this about how she & her colt friend for the past felt like that too long ago. “But we turned out different in the end & it TORE our friendship apart!” Starlight Glimmer issued off to say this in feeling frustrated that her magic was close to ripping the time scroll completely, one more inch & its over; the mare was feeling so much sadness that it was painful to her.

“So try again! Make new friends!” Twilight opened her wings to fly above in speaking out these words of what starlight Glimmer can do, try again in making friends, by making new ones. “And if there’s something that you can't control happens that changes things, work through it together!” Twilight explained off these things to smile & clap her front hooves together in trying to tell this pony something in how to handle friendship if things get rough. “That's what friendship is!” As Twilight said this, that tiny emerald sparkle of magic around Starlight Glimmer’s eyes return, making her upset face turn into…sadness & grief in hearing words that seem to be…reaching her. “And it's not just my friendships that are important to Equestria! Everypony's are!” As Starlight Glimmer feels a strange urge of emotions, Twilight’s words continue to speak true with honesty about friendships being important to everyone, not just the Alicorn princess alone. “When yours ended, it led us here. But just imagine all the others that are out there waiting for you if you just give them a chance!” Twilight spoke these words that from what Starlight Glimmer did when her friendship ended, it brought the mall here, but the mare doesn’t know that there were still friends out there she can make…if given the chance to try.

“She’s right, you let doubt become the darkness that holds you from coming into the light. But just like when any of us were lost in the dark, the light of those we care about shine our way. Yours can be the same.” Ben smiled to explain this, as they can see that whatever had Starlight Glimmer go down a wrong path, they can help change it for the better.

Starlight Glimmer felt as if her tears were on a break, she was close to ripping the time scroll to get her revenge, but…the words she heard, they…they’re making her second guess everything. The strange emerald light started to sparkle unseen around the mare’s body, somehow disbursing some random traces of negative emotions to be filled with something that was…letting her heart open up for.

“How-How do I know they won't all end the same way & make me feel all alone again?” Starlight Glimmer leaks off tears, as she expressed TRUE emotions of wanting something she truly lost, having friends but without going through the same experience & being all alone.

“I guess it's all up to you to make sure they don’t.” Twilight spoke off to say this with a sincere face as she fly close to a crying Starlight Glimmer before landing, stating the best way to not lose a friend like before, is to just…try.

“And if you like, we can help you too.” Nyx smiled off to say this in wanting to help Starlight Glimmer out.

Soon passing by was Young Rainbow Dash slowly making signs of the Rainboom to catch up to Young Hoop; Starlight Glimmer sees this but also sees…Twilight Sparkle raise a left hoof up as if suggesting her to…take it. Starlight Glimmer was literally torn between wanting revenge to now, following feelings of what she TRULY wants. She sighs & then…slowly, but hesitated for a moment before she raised her left hoof to almost approach Twilight’s as she, & everyone else were showing…friendly & honest to goodness smiles. Suddenly, Starlight’s horn cease glowing, as what happened next were two things; her hoof touch Twilight’s which were also join by Ben & Nyx’s &…Starlight Glimmer showed for the first time & an honest out blue smile…of happiness of acceptance. Course during the moment, Spike grabbed the falling Time Scroll as to not lose it.

“Thoupowfruvhmmm…!” But the moment did not last, as a magic shot impacted the backside of Starlight Glimmer. The mare yelped in pain as she toppled against the gang who caught her, but the moment caused Spike to lose his grip on the scroll as it flew off. Only for the time scroll to fall into the clutches of the attacker who smiled darkly at the touching scene afar as everyone stared at who it was…Seekcurse.

“How disappointing. I don't know what Amon saw in you. I see a weakness in you. All this because of losing a friend.” Seekcurse monolog off in addressing the case as he held the time scroll to all to pay close attention. “How pathetic can you be Starlight? Power is your friend. I learned that the hard way, so long ago!” As he address this, he wields a sword in planning to wield it close to…the scroll he now holds.

“Seekcurse, no! If you destroy it, we won't get back in time!” Ben protest to have the guy stop to know what he’s doing.

“All for more reason to give a chance to destroy Equestria's Hope. The princess & her five friends, & all your allies have been a thorn to my side far too long.” Seekcurse remotely stated this off in having had enough of the Mane Six that center around messing everything up he & other villains have planned. “I’ve work so hard to bring the true kingdom back & you keep ruining it! Well now I have a page memory since I’m immune to the changes of time. So the only way to achieve what I seek is that I will destroy you all! And that includes you, Sparkle!” He held his sword out in making this claim, as he will eliminate those in his way to obtain what he wants.

“Why?!” Twilight asked off as she hoped a hurt Starlight Glimmer who was hurt by healing her injury.

“Everyone mistreated me as a failure who couldn’t achieve anything. I will give them what they deserve. Because of those Westerns, I'm ruined!” Seekcurse issued off to narrow his eyes in making his claims of why he’s doing all of this, because of those from the west of Equestria the Mystics once called Westerners. “I’ve lost my best friend to them! I've lost my chance to become a minister because of them! I've lost my only home & kingdom because of them! And so, I will give them what they deserve!” He asked out in declaring what he shall do to those in return for the suffering he went through.

“All this for revenge?! And you're willing to kill the innocents?!” Starlight Glimmer spoke off these words as she struggled to stand on her own as the others watch her while she speaks to this enemy that attacked her in the backside. “You're insane! This is not what I wanted!” She snapped angrily to this isnane pony.

“You think?!” Spike and Phobos rolled their eyes that the mare realizes what this enemy would have gone for from the get-go.

“I gave you chances to do thinks right Starlight Glimmer, I thought the darkness of being around those Dark Mystics would have corrupted you, but something was keeping your little light alive? No matter, I’ll finish the job myself in where you were too weak hearted to have the stomach for eliminating the threat by permanent means.” Seekcurse explained forth this matter towards Starlight Glimmer in which she gasped, the guy plans to kill off the young & innocent, she said to not do that & he’s still going to do it.

“I guess we know why Blackwitch asked us to help her. This guy was misguided from the start.” Ben stated in glaring at the enemy in why Blackwitch wanted help to stop the foe.

“We shall see... Say goodbye to your old home! You will never ever see it again!” Seekcurse issued forth to say this, as he wields his sword in preparing to destroy the time scroll.

Everyone is in a slow gasping stage, as they see Seekcurse was slowly closing in & many of them were too shock with fear to know what to do….except maybe from one.

“I’ve lost my friend once. Not this time! I only managed to get a glimpse of this spell once, but please work…Time Freeze!” Starlight Glimmer spoke this under her breath as she tries to muster any strength to make her horn glow with enough magic; then she fired a certain spell on Seekcurse. Then within the evil pony’s space area, he was frozen in place as well as the time scroll.

“What…this spell…but how?” Seekcurse exclaimed off in shock, how did the mare even performed such a spell?

“That’s the Time Freeze Spell. The same one we saw the Superior use to freeze everyone in Canterlot High when we first met. But how do you know that?” Ben stated in recalling this spell, but how was it that someone like Starlight Glimmer managed to come across knowing it.

“I’ve tried to get clues about it from small hints that others had leftover of how it’s perform, it’s not a full scale version, but enough to stop a target or targets in a right size dome.” Starlight Glimmer explained the conditions of what she was trying to do here in using just enough of that spell, on a smaller scale. “But still, you lied to me! Everything Ben said was true!” She stated off in glaring at Seekcurse, for seeing the truth for once.

“You little ingrate! After everything the Dark Mystics & I have done, this is how you repay us?” Seekcurse exclaimed in glaring at the mare that dares to oppose him.

“We’ll take that!” Twilight stated to use her levitation magic to take back the time scroll to give it back to Spike.

“You think this is the end; so long as I live you have not heard the last of me.” Seekcurse protest to say this as he was fighting to break out of the Time Freeze Spell effect.

“You’ve done enough damage within your life, Seekcurse.” Then appearing from above, the one who spoke was none other than Blackwitch accompanied by Jade; surprising everyone.

“Blackwitch? Jade? Your here?” Nyx exclaimed off in surprise in seeing who has arrived; & the former looks a little more better considering how much she must have suffered from the alternate timelines.

“Blackwitch was really sore from all the different alternate futures, so she had to swallow some pride to seek aid from, get this…the Chronicler.” Jade issued off that from so much damage done, Blackwitch needed to seek help from another fellow being like herself, & that being was someone that lives on Equestria; Chronicler, keeper of books that tell tales of every creature’s destiny, etc.

“Hugh…why’s that?” Phobos raised an eyebrow in why those that came here went to see someone like the Chronicler.

“One was to heal over my wounds from so much inflicted injury of too many alternate timelines, & second was to gain this.” Blackwitch explained that she needed help to heal over & that the last reason came from…showing a strange book.

“A book?” Starlight Glimmer raised an eyebrow in seeing a weird book that seem design to be from a culture of the Qin Dynasty era, but why?

“While Seekcurse has his ability of being immortal & regeneration, there are ways to destroy one even such as he,” Blackwitch spoke off to mention this from looking between those here. “While other & more powerful villains are harder to destroy while their destiny lies ahead of what faith may have in store, Seekcurse is only able to live forever, but it ends when I erase his existence before he becomes an immortal.” She explained that while other powerful foes can’t be touch due to what destiny may lie for them, they can at least dismiss Seekcurse by erasing his existence from time.

“You see, Chronicler’s books he watches over, they each share one’s story, but while some can’t be alter to change unwritten futures, she’s going to put an end to Seekcurse’s long overdue ending.” Jade gave the brief version of how things are gonna end for the villain here.

“By order of Jade Emperor, Seekcurse, you have committed serious & dangerous crimes for not only destroying lives, but also defying & destroying Mystic Ponies. Therefore, I shall erased your existence for good!” Blackwitch issued off to stare sternly at the culprit, as she opens the book that tales of Seekcurse’s past to present & untold future after declaring the pony shall be no more. “Now your reign of tyranny comes to an end….Time Erase!” As Blackwitch spoke her words, her eyes glowed darkly while she cast a spell in a page to erase the events of Seekcurse ever becoming immortal.

“No! No! No! Noooooooo! This can't be happening!” Seekcurse gasped off in shock as he cries, he sees his body slowly aging while turning to sand as time was slowly catching up to him. His body turned into sands. “All I want to be is at the top of pyramid! To rule with our destiny over all! Noooooooo…..” With the last of his dying breath, Seekcurse’s body was completely turn to dust that was blown within the winds.

“It is done... We are finished.” Blackwitch slowly nods this before closing the book that told about Seekcurse & how a new ending of the fiend’s demise meant an end for a long awaited nightmare.

Everyone that watched this were in silence, they could not believe it; it was now finally over. Seekcurse, who caused some of them terrible manners of trouble in the past is now gone &, since the guy never became immortal, could not do anything in the future of the present or take any more lives to boot. Maybe things will work out better this way, somehow…

“Twilight... Thank you for helping me.” Starlight Glimmer spoke off to admit this with a heart-felt emotion coming along. “And I'm sorry for the damages I've caused, especially leading to such horrors that lead to everyone suffering.” She was apologizing for being a fool in not realizing something that caused so much trouble for the future, she did not know.

“I forgive you for the damages, because everyone who can earn a second chance can earn it.” Twilight spoke to say this as the two shared smiles as she held out a hoof to which Starlight Glimmer took to refill the moment of something the latter girl always wanted; a friend by her side.

“Too bad the same can’t be said for Seekcurse. Murdering lives & destroying good kingdoms too many times in his life, the only deserve punishment for him…is finally being rid of such a fiend.” Ben stated off to mention this in looking at the blown dust of what was once Seekcurse, now forever out of their sight.

“And this time, that monster will stay down for good!” Nyx stated off in not wanting such a foe to appear again.

“You & me both Nyx, never wanna see that guy again.” Jade nods off to also agree on the term of the subject.

“You said it!” Spike & Phobos responded off in also agreeing to never see Seekcurse ever again.

“Time Erase allowed me to erase a foe from existence for good, & now Seekcurse will never be a part of the history or story….since he never became immortal.” Blackwitch stated off to say this to herself in reminding her of what was done. “Our problem with him is over & the problem you seek to fix has also been done. Now, we can finally return to where we belong.” She issued off to say this that with the problems here over, it may be time to return, to their own respected timeline.

With everything resolved, unknown to anyone, Young Rainbow Dash had just created a Sonic Rainboom while flying off to make her cool rainbow. With the wind passing over all those in Cloudsdale, even those that have time traveled, they watch above in seeing history in the making, a Sonic Rainboom going over their heads made by the Young Rainbow Dash, the Sparkle Family smiled to see this while Starlight Glimmer watch this in awe. But Starlight Glimmer looked to Twilight, as both mares showed happy smiles that were enough to make everyone smile too in seeing that history was now back on track; & what a beautiful sight it is. And as the Magical Time Portal opened above to suck those that travel to the past, Starlight Glimmer hugged Twilight, Ben & Nyx as they along with the baby dragons felt joy that the journey of heartache over lost friendship, is at an end… Blackwitch & Jade also held on for when they too felt being sucked in as well. With that, the portal closes on that spot as a sign that things were done.

 

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WITHIN A REALM BETWEEN TIME….

 

Suddenly as the ones traveling through the time void were nearly reaching the exit point, a flash blinked them, as they all fell across a strange realm covered in bright white & gray lines, there was no walls, no solid ground to acknowledge if the gang stand on anything. Everything was strange, & just ahead of them was a strange object fashion to be a turquoise orb with a symbol of a white line pattern hourglass.

“Where…are we?” Starlight Glimmer asked off in where they even are.

“You don’t know?” Twilight asked in being surprised the pony that came through before them doesn’t know the answer.

“No, I only gone through the void tunnel & back with you.” Starlight Glimmer stated to say this.

“What’s that over there?” Spike pointed to the strange orb ahead of them.

“The Sacred Time Orb!” Blackwitch gasped off in recognizing the object in question.

“What’s that?” Jade asked the mare who knew about this strange time stuff.

“An object that exist in where we are now, the Time Realm, where the time stream flows & the orb keeps track of things from the past that go through to where the present & future lead to.” Blackwitch explained the case of what the Sacred Time Orb is & what its purpose is.

“Wow, so that thing connects the time stream, even the different routes to the alternative futures.” Ben pondered off to see how that thing works.

“Question, why are we here & not back at home?” Phobos asked off in being puzzled.

“Indeed, something is not right. It’s almost as if…” Blackwitch was wondering about the question until…

Suddenly without warning, a part of the realm was instantly shattered like a mirror, & soon a dark aura began to flow into the space shrouded with dark vapor mist. And soon entering the area made those that could sense the magic presence of an enemy, knew an enemy was right there. But soon entering was a foe the group may wish it was someone else, because it was…Grimmore, who stood to view them with a sly superior expression on his fiendish appearance.

“Hugh…Grimmore!” Blackwitch gasped in seeing who was here without warning.

“Oh boy!” Jade yelps with fear, this was not good.

“But how’d he get here?” Spike asked off in looking pretty worried now.

“Yeah, time’s fixed, he should be kept seal, right?” Phobos asked off in wondering how a major villain like this guy is not sealed in Tartarus.

“I am immune to the changes of time, I have seen the changes, including the event of the lost future you saw. All I did was simply enforce my will & broke through the boundaries to reach this place.” Grimmore spoke forth this to state that he is immune to the changes of time & that he has figured a way to break through to this place. “And now, if you believe I was the least of your problems, it’s time you learn that nothing is at it seems!” He issued to say this in having something to say here, that the problems the group have now will become far worse now.

That’s when more parts of the realm began to shatter within the realms as Grimmore was unleashing his aura of making them happen. Soon things began to appear from the shattered rifts within the time stream, & appearing were more enemies then the gang can count: Nightmare Moon & her Nightmare Guards, Discord (evil), Queen Chrysalis & the Changelings, The Flim-Flam Brothers, Tirek, the Demon Lords, the Dark Mystics & lastly the Apocalypse Ponies. They all stood in a line row of villains as Grimmore began the supreme leader of a league of history’s little villain league.

“He’s released the villains from their alternate timelines here! But how?” Twilight exclaimed in shock in not believing what she’s seeing.

“Better question, how do we get out of this? Judging their individual strength, we can handle one villain or their group, but an entire army seems much even for us.” Ben stated to say this in never guessing they end up having to fight an army of villains, & that from what they already gone through, one batch or a solo villain was hard enough, but this…WAS CRAZY!

“Not unless you have help.” Spoke the voice that interrupted the gang’s moment of hearing someone familiar to them.

That’s when something appeared out of nowhere o the opposite side of the area, it took the appearance of a red mechanical dome of high tech neon-bright light display of technology. And from the large storage doors opening, appeared a shock, nearly every Element User the heroes have befriended appeared: Crash Fire, Snowcrystal, Z-Strap, Magnus, Mangani, Flare Tiger, Flower Dog, Shadow Cat, Smoke, Anakonda, NeoVamde, Jones Venture, Kilik, Nightwatcher, Johnny Brock, Azuma, Gemini Sparks, Armor Stark, heck even Zebura. The army of evil glared off again the powerful foes that wielded elements that were standing in the way.

“Great job Flare Tiger, we made it in the nick of time.” Armor Stark spoke to look at the one that helped bring them all here.

“Armor Stark?” The gang replied off surprised, what was a guy from their timeline doing here; how’s he get here?

“Flare Tiger & her party gathered up many of us to explain the threat within the timeline, so we hopped into my own Time Protection Dome, & she helped take us to find you. But you kept moving so much it was hard to get a fix until now.” Armor Stark explained the case of how he & the others were brought here along with being protected from the changes that happened in the past that affected the current present to alter their future.

“Good thing your here, cause I think we’re gonna need every help we can get!” Phobos stated off in feeling like they be happy to accept the help.

“Alright, Ah say, we give them all we got!” Flare Tiger issued off to say this in what they do, give it one for.

“Yeah!” Shadow Cat & Flower Dog cheered to agree on the term of what to do.

Then what happened next was when many of the Element Wielders made loud battle cries, as they unleashed a storm of their elements powers to cause massive cloud burst of explosions left & right. For many of the normal rank foes of those serving as an army to villains, the warriors were beating them & even the villains had hard times & many that had great power were having themselves pushed back by the sheer numbers. Grimmore watched everything from the sidelines, seeing how the heroes struggled, but he secretly was planning something.

“Twilight, get to the Time Protection Dome, we’ll catch up so we can escape from here. Once we’re in the right present, then time should correct this oversight. Go!” Armor Stark issued off to tell the others to quickly get to his dome machine while they keep the villains at bay for a while.

Heeding the words of their armor stallion friend, the group had to make way towards the mechanical dome in where they could escape & return to the present. Twilight & the rest were trying to continue to move on from this point, only for something…to freeze them in place.

“Hey! What’s going on?” Phobos asked off in not getting what was going on here.

“Someone is using Time Spell! Grr! My body!” Blackwitch hissed off in trying to move, but her body is unable to move from this powerful spell.

Twilight and her friends yelped painfully as they felt their veins within the bodies twitched and cracked.

“I thought the others had the enemies distracted?” Spike questioned off in being puzzled off in not knowing how this was happening.

“Not all of them.” At this moment, someone merged from nearby to approach the group, & it was…Amon.

“Hugh…Amon!” Starlight Glimmer gasped off in seeing the last villain she wanted to see again after realizing her mistake.

“Well done, my former student. You've brought our prey here in perfect time. Now to begin things, & destroy the world you hoped to save.” Amon issued off to speak before standing in front of Ben while he was frozen.

“What are you planning?!” Ben asked off i demand with a frown on his face.

“Just a twist of things, you can say goodbye to your powers...Power Removal!” Amon placed his hoof on Ben's head in electrocuting him a lot. He screamed painfully causing him to lose not only Cutie Mark but his powers. Triforce Elements breached out from Ben's Cutie Mark as the Triforce hovers over everything.

“Stop it! You’re hurting him!” Twilight shouted off for this fiend to stop what he’s doing.

“You can’t take daddy’s elements!” Nyx stated off in wanting the enemy to not hurt her father.

“Yeah, no way they wanna be used by some evil jerk!” Jade stated off that Ben’s element can’t be used for evil.

“The Triforce Elements are not necessary good or bad. And therefore, I freed it & will use it to destroy the Sacred Time Orb & any timeline, especially the beginning.” Amon stated forth in looking at a target to use the power of the Three Triforce Elements…to destroy time by its central source.

“What! But then that would mean…The End! To everything!” Twilight gasped off in realizing what this villain was gonna do.

“Indeed, prepare for the end to come…but perhaps I shall make your end here for interfering with us for the last time, princess.” Amon stated off to say this in about to end things, but first…revenge against Twilight Sparkle for messing with the Dark Mystics.

Just then, a Shadow Spear was shot from out of nowhere that impacted Amon as he screamed in pain, as it caused the Time Freeze Spell on the rest to cease. Then in an unexpected event, the one that stood behind Amon was…the Equalizer.

“Wait, Starlight’s here, so how…?” Phobos asked off in seeing Starlight Glimmer was here & once more, the Equalizer costume is not in his bag, what’s the deal here?

“What are you doing?” Amon looked at the one wearing the Equalizer costume as if knowing who it was.

“Changing your plan, for my lord has other means.” The Equalizer in question spoke to say this in sounding different from Starlight even without the voice modifier.

Then shadow magic escaped from the Equalizer, as it connects the Triforce Elements to latch with the Time Orb. But it suddenly caused a strange upset as sparks were surging out of control from such a power. It ended up blasting away Amon & the Equalizer it which a portion of the helmet got busted to reveal…the masked pony inside, the Equestrian Eliminator.

“That’s…” Twilight gasped in seeing that the one that was knocked back, she saw something in recognizing it was the mask pony from…before.

Right now, Blackwitch tried to launch a powerful spell in preventing the Time Orb’s wild outburst to cease begins it was starting to create time loops in the time streams.

“This isn’t good, I’m still too weaken from the damage to the timelines, trying to fix this is too much with my current strength.” Blackwitch stated to say this in being unable to stop what has been started.

“But if you can’t, then it will be the end.” Starlight Glimmer stated in knowing what will happen in the end.

“Isn’t there some way to stop this?” Nyx asked off in wondering if they could stop this from destroying time.

“There is a way.” Spoke a voice of a female, as something teleported to be near the group. Everyone turned to find what appeared like a pale unicorn mare with greenish mane & stripes of red & blue like Twilight's mane style while her body was covered in a strange cloak. “I will help you, if you willing to accept the payment.” She stated off to mention this much.

“Celtic!” Blackwitch gasped off to recognize this pony. “All of you, do not trust her!

“You again? What are you doing here?” Ben raised an eyebrow in why this pony was here.

“Yeah, can’t you see we got a crisis here?” Phobos stated to say this that they have a problem to fix.

“I sense the interference & destruction of the timeline. And I've come to deal with it. I am here to help restore the timeline.” Celtic stated to say this in what she will do to fix the problem.

“Wait, you can do that?” Nyx asked in not believing that this pony can fix the damage.

“Don't! She's lying! She's a Mystic Demon! If you accept her contract, you must pay the prices she required! The prices are too high for you to accept! Do not trust her!” Blackwitch issued forth to warn the others.

“Blackwitch cannot restore the timeline. But I can. For I am the second Witch of Time. So, what will you do? Are you willing to see this to be destroyed?” Celtic issued off to say this in telling this to the others that they have a choice to make.

The group was in deep thought, they see the Triforce Elements & the Time Orb were getting a bit more out of control unless something can be done.

“What can we do?” Twilight asked off in getting ready to do what needs to be done.

“A wise decision. In order for me to restore the timeline, you must accept my contract & condition. A price must be paid... And you must willing to give it up, something you hold dear. For some it maybe family, others their identity, conflict emotions with a raging enemy & even the power to protect. These are the prices you must pay.” Celtic explained the case of what it is that needs to be done.

“And what happens if we don’t accept those terms to give up something you’re not telling us of what?” Ben narrow his eyes to question these conditions.

“If you do not accept it, the timeline may very well be destroyed. Everything you know of will be gone…” Celtic exclaimed to darkly say this to the group.

“Oh no, what can we do?” Spike yelps in not knowing what else that can be done.

“Hide in that thing Armor Stark brought & hope this ends peacefully?” Phobos pointed off in what they can do to hide away & hope things will be better later.

“I’m afraid there aren’t a lot of choices now.” Twilight sighs to say this before looking at the pony that gave them a tough choice when their options are limited. “Celtic... Mystic Demon Witch of Time, we’ll accept making a contract with you. We are willing to pay the prices.

“Twilight, don’t!” Starlight Glimmer protest to say that the Alicorn mare can’t do that.

“You can’t!” Jade stated that Twilight shouldn’t do this.

“No…” Blackwitch exclaimed that this was not what should be done, there had to be another way.

“Well done... The contract shall be made. Once I begin the restoration, everything you know of will be different than you remembered. And remember... Nothing is safe as before…Beginning….Time Restore!” As Celtic spoke, her eyes began to glow brightly while she glares straight at Twilight and her friends. They all got blinded by the light as everything around them turns into white and blank... “The world where you use to live in will be long gone now. You must continue the struggles till the journey reaches the end of all evil. I wish you good luck, to you & your friends to bring balance to the realm.” As Celtic spoke as the events she was making, she held five cards in what was about to happen next…

“I disagree.” Grimmore’s voice was heard within the distance, as Celtic’s eyes went wide before…. A powerful red beam was shot that went so fast, it impacted the mare to be knocked unconscious while the process that was happening to the Sparkle Family was cease. Everyone looked from when noticing something happened, & the five cards Celtic had were thrown off that they fell close to the Time Orb, where they too were drawn in & soon absorbed. “Foolish Witches of Time, your powers mean nothing compared to a God! And now….the Ultimate Goal.” Grimmore spoke these words in stating that no one, Blackwitch or Celtic, could be a match in stopping a far grander scheme at hands.

Then without warning, Grimmore held up his left hand as it unleashed dark surges of magic, as it was attracting the Time Orb that was loosely unstable. The Sacred Time Orb was drawing closer to the powerful Dark Elf, as everyone watched in seeing this.

“The Triforce Elements, the Time Orb, merge into one…I shall be ruler of space, time & reality of not just this world…BUT All Worlds!” Grimmore explained forth that soon, he will rule not one world, but worlds beyond…

The gang were in a state of lost & fear, the Triforce Elements were still merge with the Sacred Time Orb. With that much power & from what was heard, Grimmore could very well rule unleash unspeakable evil to worlds like Equestria, but separated by the boundaries of space, time & reality.

“Great, now we’re really in the DEEP soup! How are we gonna get out of this?” Phobos panicked off in seeing there was no way out of this.

“That is where I come in.” Another voice spoke, as everyone turns to see someone else coming out of the Time Protection Dome, as it was none other than…the Chronicler.

“Chronicler?” Twilight stated off in recalling this Equestrian friend they know one, did he travel with the others.

“Woah, Blackwitch, Celtic, & the Chronicler, can anymore ponies that watch over time & destiny be in the same room at once?” Jade stated off in seeing this was a rare gathering she never expected to see.

“Listen carefully Ben Mare, do you still carry your sword?” Chronicler asked this in wondering if Ben wields his sword.

“Yeah, I called it, but was frozen the whole time, why?” Ben lightly nods off to say this sword that he still had on him even when his Triforce Elements were separated.

“I have asked the other wielders of elements to transfer their power into these shards, they are from the Tree of Harmony. Let them be coated on your sword & use that power, to aim at the orb.” Chronicler showed off a large collection of shards that the Element Users each transfer their element’s power in & with the right magic coating on the Master Sword, they will aim at the Time Orb.

“Wait, what about destroying the orb will destroy time?” Spike asked off in recalling the dangers of doing that.

“No, these elements power will instead cause a relapse, allowing time to straighten itself on its right path. But the plan is only 50/50, what do you say?” Chronicler issued off in saying they can relapse this event to get time back on track, but there was only a risky gamble intruding to pull it off.

“Well at this rate, anything’s good. We tried to make a risky deal with Celtic, but at least now…yours sounds a little more comforting.” Ben stated off to say this in what he feels is better to do.

Ben soon takes his Master Sword, as the Chronicler uses his magic to let the shards of the Tree of Harmony with many other Element Users powers coursing through, be like a single light of hope. Then with all of Ben’s might, he hurl’s his sword straight at the target, & then…the sword penetrates the Time Orb, causing a strange surge of wild magic to become unleashed just as it was inches away from Grimmore’s grasp.

“Humm?” Grimmore looks at this action in puzzlement.

At that moment without warning, the Sacred Time Orb imploded on itself in shattering in a thousand pieces. At the same moment, those thousand pieces were close enough to actually…puncture through the skin of a Demon God, but Grimmore remain unmoving or reacting as if not feeling any pain. Soon within the Time Realm, the shattered portals began to suck in all those that came from them, including the alternate villains of different futures. Many were screaming & yelping from being taken away while the other Element Warriors watch this, before the alternate foes were sealed in their own alternate timelines while the realm began to make a quivering reaction.

“Ben….what did you just do?” Armor Stark asked off in seeing this in surprise, as all of the others that fought stop to notice what was going on.

“Well I’m hoping I just stop a great evil from doing unspeakable things.” Ben stated off in answering the question with his own thought of what he did.

“Sir, this area is becoming unstable due to time relapsing & rebooting itself. I suggest vacating the area.” JARVIS’s voice spoke from within Armor Stark’s armor in stating what was happening within the area.

“Well that sure sounds pleasant.” Armor Stark shrug off to make a slight joke of the manner.

“Quick, we gotta get in the dome!” Flare Tiger issued off to say this in what they need to do here; as everyone was making a break for the Time Machine Dome.

Everyone was quickly making a bee-line for the Time Protection Dome, preparing to get the heck out of here since they don’t wanna be around in what comes next. Even Jade went with the others as Blackwitch helped Celtic aboard as well. But as surges of everything were starting to quiver & quake, Grimmore stood in his spot as his own body was slowly drifting back through his own shattered portal to return to where he’ll belong. But through the eyes of the Overlord King, he begins to see things through a void loop of actions happening, events yet to come, battles the heroes will face & even…some terrifying events, all of which slowly was forming anvil smile.

“So this is what shall happen, how interesting.” Grimmore showed a smile despite what was happening all around even himself. “Do you heroes know why I exist in this world?” He asked this out to those that were trying to get out of time having a relapse start.

“Wait, what?” Twilight yelped to stop as she & her family wanted to know, what Grimmore was talking about.

“It’s because I am a creature that exist outside of time, I was born from the destruction of all evil creatures across multitudes of worlds. But I was left to be stationed in this world.” Grimmore explained forth about what he is, he exist in Equestria Prime because he was born from the destruction of so many evil beings that came into one central location. “However your act in destroying the Time Orb, the shards have taken pieces of my flesh, & now….when Time Relapses to start things up again, there will exist others like me.” He explained this off with a slight motion while showing a wicked smile about now there will be others…like him.

“What!” The baby Dragons yelped in finding that to be unpleasant news to hear.

“Some will be stronger than others by sheer strength & skill, others to be mages over magic, warlords over an army, but in such an attempt, my power seems to have hit a snag, but this is only temporary.” Grimmore explained that now there will exist many of him, those that are not as powerful as a god, but close to be recognizable threats even while the Dark Elf says he’s temporally lost a bit of power.

“Temporary?” Blackwitch raised an eyebrow in having heard this, it couldn’t be that…

“My power will return & even greater than before, but until then….” Grimmore spoke off that he is now less powerful of a Demon God, but he will reclaim it someday, until that time, he will tell the others something. “Continue to entertain me in your future struggles.” He issued this off as his little words to those here of what he’ll look forward to seeing.

Now Grimmore lets off a final magical laughter as he soon was completely through the shattered portal before it sealed up. Then everything shattered to become like a glass breaking all around, Ben was the last to just about to board the dome when….he slip through the crack floor beneath him.

“Waaaughh….” Ben screamed out as he was suddenly pulled away from the others from the complete collapse of everything in the time Realm.

“BEN!” Twilight called out as the others tried to reach for Ben but became separated.

At this moment, Twilight, Spike, Phobos, Nyx & Starlight Glimmer were seen trying to hold their ground on the dome, but they slipped do to the shifting of the realm’s lost gravity hold. Twilight, Nyx & Starlight Glimmer used their magic to levitate themselves & the baby Dragons onto the dome. Everything was a black emptiness, until a lonely portal showed the way towards a familiar timeline, Equestria Prime. Nearby, Ben saw that & knew it meant one thing…the pathway home.

“That’s the portal home…if I can just…summon the right item.” Ben stated off before as luck would have it, he summoned his Clawhooks & aim one to latch into the time portal home. “Yes, the Clawhooks done it, now to get the others to use the Golden Gauntlets to…” But at that moment, Ben saw something further out from his family, friends & allies, the Triforce Elements of Courage, Wisdom & Power hovered around, they must have been free from the merge with the Time Orb. “The Triforces….I could still get them back, but…the others…they’re in need.” Ben stated that he has two choices, get his elements back, or save the ones he loved, this was hard to choose what was best for Equestria, etc. “I know what I have to do, even if I lose what made me special…” He stated off in coming to a firm decision about this.

Ben aimed his last hookshot at the only thing that mattered to him, his friends & family & everyone in the mechanical dome. Now the stallion was helping to pull them towards his spot, & at that moment, the Triforce Of Courage glowed green in recognizing Ben’s courageous act before zipping off to remerge with him; on Ben’s flank showed the usual three gold triangle formation, but only the bottom right corner was shown glowing in a full yellow while the other left & top areas were just lines with empty spaces for the other two missing Triforce pieces.

“Hugh, guess it took real courage to make a hard decision like that, at least one’s a start, hang tight guys, I’m pulling us in!” Ben stated off to say this in seeing how his courageous act & choice now brought one of his Triforce Elements to him, as he now focuses on pulling the others with him towards their portal home.

Now Ben tries to help pull in the heavy dome, but with his Golden Gauntlets, he was making a valiant effort as everyone held on.

“Everyone hold on, gonna jump boost us right through.” Armor Stark’s voice stated from inside the dome in about to give it a jump start.

“Twilight, get Ben & then ye all hang on!” Flare Tiger’s voice spoke to Twilight’s group to get a hold on the other, as this will be a bumpy ride.

Then without warning, the Time Protection Dome shot off its booster rockets that launch itself & everyone aboard through the area where Ben was. As it entered, a large spark of light blinded everyone, as those within the dome felt themselves returning to a time & place, & Ben united with Twilight, Nyx, Spike, Nyx & Starlight Glimmer, yelped from feeling a new void pull them off towards a different destination. And with that, everything goes blank out in what happens next….

 

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The scene opens to where the Magical Time Portal opens up, & dumps off Twilight, Spike, Nyx, Phobos, Ben & Starlight Glimmer in a familiar castle setting. But during the motion, the time scroll slipped out of Spike’s grip as the scroll pops open before a bolt of lightning hits it, the scroll lights up. As everyone got up to see they are back in Rainbow Castle, the scroll shot magic into the map, as they all look down to see what was happening, before the crystal map shows much of Equestria….perfectly fine; it’s back to where everything is normal again. And soon the time scroll goes into the Magical Time Portal before vanishing in a flash of light act blinds everyone & flashes outside Rainbow Castle. Once over, nothing but sparkles rain around the town before vanishing…

Then without warning, Spike & Phobos are seen kissing the castle’s floor, much to anyone’s puzzling surprise.

“Oh, home sweet home!” Phobos happily stated off in seeing they are back.

“One Castle of Friendship…check!” Spike issued off happily to say this about having what was missing from the other travels back to the present.

Then something of doors were opening, as that caught everyone’s attention to see…the Mane Five along with Goldie’s group entering the mix here.

“What in Equestria was that just now?!” Rarity asked off stump & surprised as when they came here, they saw a bright light escape the castle.

“Is everypony okay?” Fluttershy asked meekly with worry with everyone was alright; course Rainbow, AJ & Goldie focus on noticing something happened that they need filling in.

“Eek! Question! Can you do it again?” Pinkie Pie squealed with joy in wanting that action to be repeated; course many of the serious ponies showed surprise, concern & suspicious faces in spotting something ‘else’ with the gang.

“Everyone’s here & acting like their REAL selves too!” Nyx smiled for joy in seeing everyone was back to normal & not acting like their alternate future timeline parts; what a relief.

“Yep! One group of amazing friends…check!” Spike issued off to say this with a smile as the Sparkle Family showed them except for…maybe one extra; Starlight Glimmer.

“Yeah, Spike. It looks like we're home!” Twilight patted Spike’s & Nyx’s backs in being happy to see that they are home again.

Course while the Sparkle Family were happy to return here, Ben noticed that Starlight Glimmer seem sad & worry. That’s when it hit the guy, no one knows about what occurred & if history is BACK on the right track, then everyone remembers Starlight Glimmer from her…’old’ acts of evil.

“Uh pardon de interruption, but… what's ‘she’ doin' here?” Applejack narrow her eyes to point out about Starlight Glimmer being in the same room while Rarity & Fluttershy seem worry.

“Enemy spotted! Preparing for Attack Sequence!” Omega issued off to bring out his cannons which were preparing to fire when…

“Woah-woah! Easy Omega! Stand down!” Ben stands between everyone to calm those down to not attack Starlight Glimmer as they got the situation handled.

“Ben, we got Fred & Barney out of that Crystal Block an hour ago, they told us what happened.” Goldie stated that they heard from the guards that were frozen, about Starlight Glimmer being in the room.

“So why are you defending her after what she did? Especially when knowing she’s the Equalizer!” Jack Zen pointed out that Starlight Glimmer is also the terrible Equalizer that did the whole Equalized Zombie event.

“I get the funny feeling you got some explaining to do.” Pinkamena teased off to say this in knowing somebody better start explain what’s going on here.

Starlight Glimmer looked away from the hateful eyes with sadness & grief, knowing that if history is still the same, everyone knows about what she did which in the latest of truths was not good.

“Actually everyone, it's kind of a long story.” Twilight spoke off to say this with a smile as she rested a hoof on the worried Starlight Glimmer to help assure everyone, that she will explain everything, but all is well. Starlight Glimmer looked to Twilight surprised that she was defending her, she made a small sheepish smile in knowing what happens next…

 

Minutes Later…

 

Fred & Barney are outside the Council Room with Starlight Glimmer pacing herself back & forth with a worried expression. The Royal Guards were told that the mare was sorry for the trouble she caused them, & to just let her wait outside as Twilight, Ben & the other council of friendship members go over things to decide what to do with her, but till then, she is to be treated right. So understanding, the guards stand their post while Starlight Glimmer continues to hear muffles of voices while looking worried, wondering how the discussion is coming along to decide her fate from all she’s done. And right now, inside, everyone is gathered around the Council table where the crystal map displays Equestria, as for the extra guest like Goldie’s group, spare chairs were provided as honor guest to oversee their act of what was being discussed & that happened; & it was a lot to take in too.

“And that’s about it, we ended up here from just escaping, that was even closer then meeting face to face with the Demon God himself.” Ben stated off to mention this of what a close shave they had before everything collapsed.

“What Demon God? There hasn’t been any since Apocalypse Devil & his Heralds perished long ago.” Pinkamena raised an eyebrow in being puzzled by what Ben was saying.

“Hugh? What are you talking about, we were referring to Grimmore, for ponies’ sake?” Phobos asked off in not getting this bunch of what they are getting at in not recalling such a feared foe.

“Phobos, while Grimmore is powerful to be in the top spot of the Three Lords of Equestria, he’s only known as a Mighty War-God type of villain.” Goldie pointed off to say this about knowing what Grimmore is, he’s just a powerful foe that he is at a feat that is like a war-god in general.

“A…War-God?” Spike raised an eyebrow in being lost; that sounds far different from something much scarier.

“War-God, is a term of stating one who has the strength & magical might to be close to a god. And Grimmore is in league of being above the rank of the Demon Lords while the only Mystic warrior that came close to stopping & sealing him was Mystic Avatar, who sacrificed his life by using the Elements of Light & Darkness, but not in perfect action to seal him away while giving up his life.” Omega explained what a War-God is, being closer to being almost a real god, but still over ranks Demon Lords & a powerful foe that no other Mystic can face since the last one that sealed the Overlord King in Tartarus.

“The guy maybe sealed in Tartarus, but he can still use his magic & he has his army to do his bidding; thus he’s the Overlord King in that area. The important thing is that he stays seal, we don’t want a repeat from Tirek on a scale that is much, MUCH worse.” Jack Zen pointed off to say this about if Grimmore got loose, then what happened when Tirek was free, will be exactly a repeat, only much worse.

“So, Grimmore’s not the most powerful enemy in all of Equestria?” Spike asked off in being slightly off that the fearsome foe that was a mighty foe that had the power to be a god & a demon of all horrors; is not anymore.

“Well he’s in the top spot of three: First is the Grimmore Army, Second is the Dark Mystics led by Dark Curse, Third is the Apocalypse Ponies of whom we yet to know who the leader is, they all seem to run their own deals in conquering & destroying Equestria.” Pinkamena explained off in who the top three bad guys are in all of Equestria. “But many of us know that Grimmore’s been gaining extra power since he secretly snatch a portion of Ben’s Triforce into a Copy Crystal during the day our first celebration to Luna got interrupted by a curse of nightmares spreading to everyone, & he has been acquiring a lot of Dark Stones out of anyone else. In fact, it’s because of that gain of power that he once threaten the EQG Universe for which, we forgotten the reason why…into a black hole. But still, with that kind of stuff & wild magic, & being immortal, the guy may be revered as a god of all the Dark Elves & then some.” She stated off that though Grimmore is not a full fled god, he has the capable of being what is a War-God out of his Dark Elf kind with the way he can gather magic to increase his own magic abilities to such an extent.

“I don’t believe this. Grimmore is not all powerful like he was before, but he’s still a potential threat.” Twilight held her head to process this, the enemy that held everything in the pawn of his hands without making an effort, is now just a powerful villain then an all mighty force; while there is some light to it, it still isn’t all good news.

“Great. Next thing we know, is that you don’t recall the epic battle we had against Boris when I was the Demon Pony.” Ben rolled his eyes to quote this off in what else he may as well be told about.

“Well, epic is somewhat a strong word.” Rainbow Dash shrug off to say this in having heard what Ben said.

“Seriously, you don’t recall the guy turning into a Red Devil Pony & stealing the talents of everyone’s wings & horns?” Ben raised an eyebrow in hearing this, doesn’t Rainbow Dash remember such a dark moment.

“Wha in Sam Hill ye talking’ about? Boris didn’t turn into somethin’ like dat when ye had yer final tussle.” Applejack raised an eyebrow that Ben must have gotten the subjects mix, when he last fought Boris as the Demon Pony a final time, the guy that tried to kill Ben was not even red.

“What about Discord? Is he still good?” Twilight asked off in being worried about any other changes; namely about the spirit of chaos.

“Well, he’s trying darling, at least not like Discord II or Chaotix as he is now called….to think someone from the Apocalypse Ponies used a spell to snatch the evil version of him & made him become alive & active. Ah, it’s horrible to deal with that he’s more loose & out of control.” Rarity stated off to mention about what happened with Discord being good, but then one of their enemies took the separate evil version to make it more evil as Discord II AKA Chaotix to cause greater harm then the old reform Discord would have done.

“What about the Demon Lords, when we went on our journey to the End of Equestria? Heck, we even ran from The Shadow that almost got us?” Spike asked off in being concern about what they did from that time & saw the eight immortal Demon Lords.

“Oh, well, you did overcome them & made it back safely, but somehow, the Demon Lords’ spirits have taken to become vessels of certain members of the Apocalypse Ponies. Ohohoho, I hate to see someone that had two different personalities.” Fluttershy shivered a bit on the after part, because while Twilight’s family did stop those things, they also left their bodies to join a group to be their vessels.

“What about the Rainbow Forms, or even the Element Forms, or what about when you all perform Xross Fusion to become Unity?” Nyx asked off the next bunch of questions that she had on her mind.

“Woah, easy there Nyx, first, we still haven’t figured out how to control the Rainbow Forms, second, we still haven’t achieve the strongest forms to take, Element Evolution, & Unity, of course we achieve her…we did when Brave Heart Visited us the first time.” Pinkie Pie slowed Nyx down to state the matters of what occurred, what they done, & about other things that they can & can’t do.

“What about the Mirrorverse, where we face or other evil selves?” Twilight asked off the next question that was on her mind about going to another world like a mirror of their own.

“I recall dat, we got sent & then came back.” Applejack held her chin in recalling that event.

“And what about the Smooze?” Ben asked off in thinking about the slimy guy.

“Still slimy, but an alright guy. Even Megan & her family say he’s better than the original Smooze.” Rainbow Dash smiled off to state this factor about the Smooze.

“Megan, does she still have the Rainbow of Light from when Tirek was destroyed & came back?” Twilight asked off in trying to figure something else out that was another factor in history.

“What do you mean, of course Megan still has the Rainbow of Light.” Goldie raised an eyebrow in seeing all these strange and off questions, the discussion from time traveling seems to have stress the Sparkles.

“What about Flutterbat….ugh, I mean the other Flutterbat, not you Fluttershy, I meant…” Twilight held her head in being so overwhelming of questions, it was hard to get them out right.

“The one who came from another world & NeoVamde helped & asked Pinkamena to help out, she can’t be out since its still daylight.” Fluttershy stated to say in answering what happened that lets them know about another matter.

“What about the other Element Users we met? Crash Fire, Snowcrystal, Z-Strap, Magnus, Mangani, Flare Tiger, Flower Dog, Shadow Cat, Smoke, Anakonda, NeoVamde, Jones Venture, Kilik, Nightwatcher, Johnny Brock, Azuma, Gemini Sparks, Armor Stark, heck even Zebura!?” Spike was asking off about a lot of Element Users that they have come across & saw in an important moment of their time travel matter.

“Heck, don’t tell me that you don’t even remember what Loki A. Fool did to you all while we went to rescue you! And not to mention, that Cadance & Shining Armor also are Element Users too! AND….that they are having a baby, I mean for real, a BABY!” Phobos was remarking off to say these other things about a trickster of illusions, to two ponies that also wield elements now & that they are gonna be parents.

“Of course we remember all that, those were fun memories. Some were more dangerous, other times of when we meant our new allies were also insightful. And of course I remember the news about the baby, silly.” Pinkie Pie smiled off to say this much that they all recall the events that they experienced from such times, including Shining Armor & Cadance are going to have a baby.

“And…” The baby Dragons asked off in awaiting a response.

“And that’s it!” Pinkie Pie smiled off to perk in having said what she could.

“Mommy, what do you think is wrong here?” Nyx whispered to her mother in being lost by what they are dealing with here.

“I’m not sure, Ben, do you recall something about our old adventures & memories?” Twilight whispered this off in asking this in trying to recall anything that they remember while the others say they don’t recall it happening like that.

“Well I’m remembering a time Crash Fire came, but…wasn’t there a battle…but according to my memories, he just came to set up a place to teach foals self-defense things.” Ben held his head in remembering something, but the guy in question came to set up a place to teach, it didn’t involve him…being a part of any battles back then.

“Hugh…Spike, what memories do you have about something that caused you & me to have a major fight that tore us apart?” Twilight held her head in trying to recall something that was a major argument she & Spike had if Ben was having difficulty with a memory.

“Oh man, that was a memory I wish I could forget, it was…hugh.” Spike was about to say, but stopped himself when he realized that…his mind was blank. “That’s really weird, I…don’t have a memory of what happened. I don’t think it was when I became too greedy that I turn huge.” He rubbed his noggin in not recalling that event of him & Twilight ever fighting or having a major disagreement.

“Phobos, what about you? You were involved in something that involved Spike, right?” Twilight asked the baby Moon Dragon for his thoughts in the manner.

“Well…I think it was being seal in something. But I can’t remember a thing after I found a way out to help Nyx out of a sealed safe. What was it I was in…a wall…a jar….inter-dimensional prison, nah, too silly.” Phobos was trying to think about this, where & what was he doing before meeting up with Nyx, he doesn’t really know.

“Spike, what about something of your family? There was something that caused a major event, right? There has to be since we….” Twilight was asking in trying to recall something as this was earning attention that a memory they should have, is no longer there.

“Twilight, calm down, the only family I ever had besides you, is my grandpa King Spykoran.” Spike held up his claws to calm Twilight in stating this to the mare of the only family he truly has.

“This is really weird…there are some things we went through in the past we still have vague memories of, but other events & occasions are being mix with something I’m recalling differently.” Twilight stated in holding her chin & close eyes to picture things, but then new flash images begin to push out others that…never seem to have existed. “I recall after Ben’s disappearance that I lost someone who I saw was….wait, who was it again?” Twilight opened her eyes in not recalling someone about what happened after Ben’s disappearance.

“Wow, judging by what you all are talking about, it’s clear what is happening.” Pinkie Pie spoke off to randomly say this before getting ready for a long statement of a theory. “When you escape from time traveling, something made a reckless action that caused events here to change, while everything maybe normal to us, you all are getting use to learning about what happened, but also about events that happened differently while the ones here are merging with your other memories, which in turn causes those older ones to fade & then you became so terribly confused that it’s enough to make your head EXPLODE! Guuuagh….in which in short, is like saying time crashed in on the space & reality & now we’re living in a new timeline zone!” Pinkie Pie was explaining a very long theory that sounded very randomly crazy before stopping to take a breath.

Many were looking at the pink pony in almost thinking, that was the single craziest thing to hear; a time crash event caused an overlap of their world to change & build itself of what it is today.

“Okay Pinkie Pie, I think that explanation has more than covered up the matter of what happened.” Twilight sheepishly say this in seeing that in a shocking turn of events, Pinkie Pie has label off all of that in which might explain things; they are now living in a new timeline much like their old one, only no majorly over leak balance of evil ruling Equestria, so it’s ‘mostly’ back to normal, with some good & maybe some bad changes to still try to fix along the way.

“Well, it wasn't easy, but we WERE able to fix the problem.” Spike said to the others with a shrug.

“Yeah, I know.”

Ben notices the sad look on his love’s face, making him ask, “Why so glum? You managed to stop Starlight without stooping to her level and fix the timeline - more or less.”

Twilight sighs as she explains, “It's just seeing how badly Starlight took Sunburst moving away after getting his mark makes me realize something I don't like thinking of. I mean, Moondancer took it almost as badly when I snubbed her party, even if Moondancer didn't hurt anyone but herself. It makes me realize, that, well –“

“That Moondancer might have ended up taking it that badly whether you attended her party or not, simply because - well, you don't swing that way.”

“Right. Well, she might have taken it A LITTLE better if I attended, even if only because I would have had the chance to break it to her gently. And I took it pretty badly after you disappeared for so long - even if the circumstances WERE starkly different.”

“But still, you know, I mean, I knew my Rainboom was awesome, but I never thought all of Equestria depended on it!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed off to say this with a wide smile in never once believing that Equestria was dependable on the Sonic Rainboom she made as a filly.

“Or on us too!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed forth to say this in never guessing that the Rainboom’s timely event that happened in the past would be needed for the Mane Six to follow through their cutie mark destine.

“On all of you, including others you would meet too.” Nyx stated off this other subject about the matter as well.

“I think it's more than that.” Twilight spoke up in getting everyone’s attention on the subject at hand here. “In a way; Friendship connects all of Equestria, & undoing one group of friends like us, made its magic less powerful.” Twilight pointed to the map in stating how friendship connects to Equestria, & that when one group of friends that are so true was undone made the magic less powerful than before.

“So in truth, without the united front of those that trust another, like true friends, they can’t muster up their real strength.” Autumn Gem stated off in having to suggest this topic of one point of view.

“That seems to be the case, without your join efforts, who knows what other villains you fought including me would have done?” Sombra admits this in knowing that without the Mane Six, he & other enemies would have been left uncheck & done terrible things.

“Well despite it all, it still amazes me. I mean, I can't believe y'all were able to travel through time like that.” Applejack stated off to honestly speak her mind that those here managed to travel through time to have such an adventure.

“Even more so, visiting other alternate future timelines, my processor is nearly blown away.” Omega issued off that such a thing to process is too much even for his system to keep in track of what makes sense to what is harder to compute?

“That Starlight must be pretty magical to have tried all of this!” Pinkie Pie nodded off in being amazed by what Starlight Glimmer could do that seem pretty hard for normal unicorns.

“Enough to compete against an Alicorn like Twilight, yeah, it was shocking to believe.” Phobos pointed off to say this in how shocking it was that Starlight gave even Twilight a fair bit of trouble in a magic battle. “But she even used the Equalizer suit to do some of the harder task, even wield a crazy staff to be nearly hard to beat. But now both the metal staff is gone & the suit & helmet are pretty much gone for good.” The guy pointed out all of these other things while mentioning that they lost the Equalizer suit during the time travel as it pretty much is…gone forever.

“Well, I think if she was to start over, it’s better that she isn’t the Equalizer anymore, & just be her own magical self.” Nyx stated off to say this much about the means of Starlight Glimmer being strong without donning the evil alias as the Equalizer.

“Nyx is right about Starlight Glimmer, she obviously has more talent for magic than almost anypony I've seen.” Twilight spoke off in stating how much magic Starlight Glimmer was able to use magic in ways she never expected. “My magic alone couldn't stop her. I had to convince her to stop on her own. Once I realized that, everything fell into place.” Twilight explained the case that her own magic couldn’t stop Starlight Glimmer, but from talking to her, it instead made the mare stop of her own accord that fix everything.

“I think the words Blackwitch said Chronicler spoke of came true, the best way to defeat an enemy, is by making them our friend. Without it, we never have been able to get Starlight Glimmer to realize her mistakes.” Ben thought this over in realizing just what they accomplished by turning an enemy like Starlight Glimmer into their friend, things worked out better without resorting to fighting.

“But if she's as powerful as all dat, we can't just send her on her way, can we now?” Applejack stated off this with a puzzled look in thinking they can’t just sent Starlight Glimmer away, could they now; it was a tough question.

“Actually, I kind of have something else in mind.” Twilight spoke off to say this with a smile to look at Spike, Phobos, Nyx & Ben as they all shared the same thoughts of what the Alicorn mare was thinking.

 

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Outside, Starlight Glimmer seem really nervous about what the others were discussing about her or what to do with her from what she’s done. Just then, the doors where Fred & Barney were at opened up as Starlight Glimmer yelped with worry. Then appearing from there was Spike as he smiled to nod to the guards that all would be okay, as he waved for the unicorn mare to come inside now.

”Gulp….hugh…” Starlight Glimmer gulps down her fears for a brief moment, then exhales her breathing in knowing the time & decision for her…has come.

Soon Starlight Glimmer walks pass Fred & Barney, as she enters the Council Room where everyone was there in expecting her. As she entered, Pinkamena spotted something on the pony & saw some glowing emerald light from them.

“Well I’ll be. So that’s where it ended up.” Pinkamena stated to say this out of the bloom.

“What are you talking about sis?” Goldie raised an eyebrow in what Pinkamena was saying.

“On Starlight Glimmer’s person, some pieces of that jade emerald gem I had when we went to investigate some missing ponies & met the Equalizer.” Pinkamena pointed this out of the pendent that she had that vanished when they seen Starlight Glimmer don her first appearance as the Equalizer.

“The one where she used a crimson gemstone to make everyone into more fighting types than slow minded equalized zombies?” Jack Zen raised an eyebrow in recalling that event very well.

“Yes, but while that’s destroyed, this one was not completely. It must have been that green pendant she’s carried on that has affected her.”

“You mean this?” Starlight Glimmer overheard the discussion as she levitates a familiar emerald pendant, which is busted but seem to leak out some emerald aura; the mare sees this to never notice it until now.

“Yep, somehow, whatever evil you had, that pendent helped slowly make you see the error of your ways, which is good since Twilight got through to you.” Pinkamena nods her head in explaining the case of how from that thing, though busted, still provided age.

“Agreeable.” Omega nodded off to also agree to the matter.

Starlight Glimmer only signs at learning about this, even if the object she still held from Pinkamena did keep her from becoming completely evil, she still needs to face the consequences ahead here.

“Even if this pendent helped me see my wrongs, I know there's no excuse for what I did.” Starlight Glimmer spoke off to say this with a heavy heart felt emotion that she knows there is no excuse for what she nearly performed. “But I want you all to know that I'm ready for whatever punishment you think is fair. Even if it means being sentence to Grimdark, so be it.” Starlight Glimmer was speaking true to her words that she’s ready for whatever punishment they have in mind for what she did, she will face them.

“Wow, going that far ahead in thinking, hugh?” Phobos stated off in seeing how Starlight Glimmer is already picturing her time in the slammer with other criminals.

“Shh, they’re about to say something here.” Nyx hushed her pet pal to not disturb the moment.

“In truth Starlight, you helped open my eyes to something. I’ve been thinking a lot about how badly Equestria fared without just one group of friends.” Twilight spoke off to say this with a concerning feeling about how Equestria would fair off if not for a helpful action of any particular group of those that are considered…friends that know & metaling with another, etc. “Because even when one friendship dies, the results can be disastrous in unexpected ways.” Twilight informed to rest her left hoof to her chest in declaring how when any friendship dies, the results can lead to unexpected disasters in the future.

“Hugh, I know first-hoof how true that can be.” Starlight Glimmer sighs to admit this with a sorrow look in experiencing such a thing while looking down; when her friendship with Starburst seem over, it lead to her doing things that were gonna be terrible for Equestria’s future.

“And that's why I've asked you here.” Twilight smiled off to say this as she approached the mare feeling down. “If you're willing to learn, I'm willing to teach you what I know.” Twilight raised her chin to tap her chest in offering something which left Starlight Glimmer, surprise & stump. “You'll have the power to make Equestria an even better place.” As Twilight said this, many of those around the Council of Friendship each showed smiles in feeling that with Starlight Glimmer, she can help out in making Equestria be a better under the right guidance.

“You really mean that?" Starlight Glimmer asked off surprised by what Twilight said.

"She is, plus, you don't have to worry about the enemies you betrayed, if someone messes with one of us, we all stand for each other." Ben stated off to make this kind statement that they will be there to protect their friends.

"Mommy & everyone aren't the types to turn their backs on ponies in trouble." Nyx smiled off to say this in positive thinking.

"Plus, it doesn't take a genius to do the math that with us around & all our super strong pals, you got nothing to fear." Phobos pointed off to say this about having lots of strong & kind allies also helps too.

"You see, what you experience, terrible as it seems, may help you to better understand yourself.” Twilight said to the former villainess with a smile.

“It’s weird that in some cases, we almost might be alike, Princess Twilight.” Starlight Glimmer said with a small smile. “I looked up about you, how you had a hard time handling friendship, all because of two tragedies you dealt with after you became Celestia’s personal student.”

“I did go through some hard times, with Ben’s disappearance, & even after that, even as I grew, I lacked how to be good friends with my old friends before I moved to Ponyville. But, now I know & so do you.” Twilight said to Starlight Glimmer with a chuckle. “Which is why you’ll only get a lifetime of community service until otherwise.”

“Well, I suppose realizing after what I did to make up for it; that surprisingly is at least more pleasant than going to Grimdark.” Starlight lightly comments to this. “I do realize I DO have A LOT to make up for. Which is why I’m pleasantly surprised that you’re letting me off with basically a lifetime of community service.”

“Right, now you can help us make things better, for everyone.” Twilight said to her new student with a smile.

Starlight Glimmer smiled in feeling like she was feeling so honored, she doesn’t know what to say, everything feels like instead of a cruel punishment, forgiveness & a new chance of a better opportunity is right before her.

“How do I start?” Starlight Glimmer gets a wide eyes before she hushed her voice to ask Twilight this question of confusion; how does she even get started since she’s so new.

“Starting is easy!” Twilight smiled off to say this much to Starlight Glimmer’s surprise of how starting off is easy then it sounds. “All you have to do to get started is make a friend!” She hugs Starlight Glimmer in stating the first step, is making a friend. “And you've got a lot of them right here.” Twilight declared off in smiling for joy, at what Starlight Glimmer has right here to help her start off.

At this moment, gathering around Starlight Glimmer was many of Twilight’s friends & family: Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Spike, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Nyx, Ben, Golden Heart, Pinkamena, Autumn Gem, Sombra & Omega. Starlight Glimmer views this with a heartfelt joy expressed on her face, as she sees this that warms her heart, having so many…friends. At this time, the background begins to play ‘Friends Are Always There for You’ as we see what begins to happen as Starlight Glimmer is lighted up while the background goes dark.

 

Starlight Glimmer: I never thought that I would find a place
To step right in and start again
I never thought that I could just begin
Right where I left off and make a friend

 

As Starlight Glimmer sang, she moved to look around while looking sad, as an image of her filly self comes into play. Then a flash of light shows images of Sunburst being lifted with his family & other grown ponies as they celebrate while a young Starlight Glimmer watches this with sadness to turn away to leave the scene. The filly moves off & away from the other fillies & colts she could have made friends with before the grown version appears before…an image of Twilight Sparkle appears as the two bump their horns for Starlight to notice. Twilight smiles as she became all real, as Starlight Glimmer expressed herself with sparkle in her eyes in starting again to have a friend; just as Twilight lights up her horn that blinds our view to change the scene.

 

Twilight Sparkle: Don't ever think that it might be too late
You don't have to wait, there's no mistakes with the friends you make
A friendship's only made of what you bring
And if you do it right, you can do anything

 

As Twilight sings, she walks with Starlight through the castle as she explained things as they both smiled. With her magic to open the doors, Twilight leads Starlight Glimmer outside to which to the latter’s surprise, the princess waves to the Mane Five as they were there happily waiting for those to arrive; Rainbow flapped her wings & Pinkie Pie bounce with eager excitement. As Starlight smiles to see a new group of…friends, Twilight brings her down & flies up to sing this portion of the song out. And soon AJ came to hoof-shake with Starlight to meet her honestly as a friend, before the rest gather around to happily greet a NEW friend to the group; before Pinkie Pie tackles Starlight down in a happy motion while everyone either stares at this puzzled, lost, confused, but some just smiled or kinda laugh at this heart filling moment.

 

Starlight Glimmer & Mane Six: Just use your eyes
This time, no lies
Just don't disguise
Who you are inside

 

Next scene changes to where we see Starlight Glimmer in the center of the Mane Six as they happily walked off together. From Rainbow Dash, Rarity & AJ on the left, to Twilight, Fluttershy & Pinkie Pie on the right. And soon starlight Glimmer leaps happily with joy with everyone else while Spike plays the drums followed by Phobos as Ben & Nyx fly over the gang in watching this moment happily be a beginning.

 

Song: Because your friends are always there for you
You don't have to be the same for friendship to be true
Because your friends are always there for you
Around the world, it's still the same
Together you have more to gain
There's nothing that a friend won't do

 

Scene changes to where Starlight Glimmer was in Rarity’s shop, as the fashion designer was sewing a nice dress for their new friend while Spike watches the action before floating diamonds are place on the dress for finished touches; making Starlight smile happily in LOVING it while Spike claps in liking it too. Starlight is seen with Fluttershy, as they hug for a moment in the air while one levitates before landing on the ground for the unicorn mare to befriend animals; but yelps when Fluttershy’s bear friend Harry surprises Starlight by giving her a BEAR HUG for joy. Next scene changes to Rainbow Dash flying through the cloud ring course as she waves to have Starlight Glimmer use her levitation spell to have herself move off to join in performing the course as both ponies were having a fun race. Then another scene shows Applejack kicking the back of her apple trees which Starlight Glimmer is also doing to kick & make apples fall in the baskets, both are happy to be working together. Then another scene shows Starlight Glimmer with Pinkie Pie in Sugarcube Corner as the pink pony shows cupcakes which starlight smiles in happily taking a bite of something…delicious. Then another scene shows Spike & Phobos napping with a book as a cover as Starlight Glimmer was with Twilight to go over certain books happily while Ben also helped Nyx with her studies as they all were sharing the moment.

 

Now the scene changes to where Twilight, Ben, Nyx & Starlight Glimmer were going off somewhere over the mountains pass…towards an old village that started everything.

 

Song: Everywhere you go
Friendship there will grow
When you find it, it's the key
Friends can change the world, you see

 

The village that Starlight Glimmer started, it was here that it was time to begin things anew. Below, we see Double Diamond having chats with Sugar Belle with Party Favor nearby before many of them notice along with Night Glider that flew in to see who was coming to the village, & who was…back again; Starlight Glimmer! As Twilight, Ben & Nyx stood back with smiles of confidence, a nervous Starlight Glimmer approaches the four upset ponies that she had lied to & deceived about ‘equality’, they all looked like they were not too pleased to see her until…Starlight Glimmer lowered her head down to admit that she was…’sorry’ for the trouble she caused, causing the four to look at her differently that, the mare that took their cutie marks was apologizing for what she’s done. While they were lost to this, Double Diamond, Sugar Belle, Party Favor & Night Glider showed smile faces in seeing that…someone has finally learn about what equality truly is; that they are equal to understand another as friends. And soon the four come to hug Starlight Glimmer as she embrace the hugging moment with joy to have…her friends from their town again, it was enough to fill even Twilight, Ben & Nyx with joy that friendships here are amended again.

 

Now the scene changes back to Ponyville once again…

 

Song: Everywhere you go
Friendship there will grow
When you find it, it's the key
Friends can change the world (ah-ah)
Friends can change the world (ah-ah)
Friends can change the world, you see

 

We see the Mane Six & Starlight Glimmer singing as they walk down Ponyville to sing this song about friendship. Soon they stop where the town’s folk were gathering as Starlight Glimmer felt herself lifted up a bit. Then appearing from one side, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Big Mac, Granny Smith, DJ Pon-3, Octavia Melody, Amethyst Star. Royal Pain, Cloudchaser, Flitter, Thunderlane, Daisy, Rose & Lily Valley. Then appearing on another side was Wings, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Mr. & Mrs. Cake, Mayor Mare, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon-Bon, Time Turner, Miss Cheerilee, Berryshine, Caramel Apple, Derpy, Cloud Kicker, & Parasol. And even from afar watching this happen on top of some buildings of Ponyville were the many Element Wielders the heroes have meant & befriend as allies: Crash Fire, Snowcrystal, Z-Strap, Magnus, Mangani, Flare Tiger, Flower Dog, Shadow Cat, Smoke, Anakonda, NeoVamde, Jones Venture, Kilik, Johnny Brock, Azuma, Gemini Sparks, Armor Stark, heck even not so emotional guys like Nightwatcher & Zebura are there, but they are also showing their own express motions for this drama. And within the center was Starlight Glimmer singing this with the Mane Six, as the six mares hug their new friend followed by Spike, Phobos, Nyx & Ben during the last note of the song. Soon the hugging stopped, as everyone soon stares forward from everyone pony in Ponyville were giving out smiles before…a picture was taken while the scene goes dark around now just as the song was over…

 

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The scene changes to as everyone arrives at Rainbow Castle, they are greeted by a surprise visit of…the Royal Sisters & Azure Phoenix. This catches many of them off guard in not expecting those here to have arrive out of the blue.

“Welcome back, everyone.” Celestia smiled in welcoming back those that have return.

“Princess Celestia/Mom, Princess Luna/aunt Luna, Azure Phoenix!” The Mane Six & Ben exclaimed in surprise while Ben approaches near his mother to nuzzle with her as he was happy to see her again.

“What are you doing here?” Ben asked off in why his mother & aunt are here.

“Golden Heart sent us a message informing us about what you experienced.” Luna explained off to say this.

“You have all done well, my little ponies.” Celestia issued off to say in giving thanks.

“So, this is the one called Starlight Glimmer?” Azure Phoenix narrow his eyes on the one that was mention in the report.

“Um, yes…that would be me.” Starlight Glimmer nervously spoke in feeling a bit worried, knowing that if the report mentioned her involvement with robbing cutie marks, the Equalizer manner, allying with Dark Mystics to altering time, Azure Phoenix might explode.

“Wait, if you read the message, then you know that she’s good now, right?” Nyx stated to say this in making sure the guy won’t hurt their new friend.

“Yeah, have a heart. Don’t go roasting her for breaking who knows how many time laws.” Phobos stated off to say this while saying the wrong words at the moment.

“Not helping.” Spike issued off that Phobos wasn’t helping with such awkward attempts of keeping Starlight from facing one angry Mystic.

“Relax everyone, we know. Everyone deserves a second chance, take it from someone like me, even Discord, in how friendship can help us.” Luna spoke to say with a smile in helping those understand such things.

“And you have made a wise decision Twilight.” Celestia smiled off to say this towards Twilight. “It would seem the student has now become the teacher. I never would have believed it.”

“We are all proud of you, Twilight Sparkle, as am I.” Azure Phoenix stated off to say this in being proud of the new princess of friendship.

“Thank you, but I still have much to learn myself. And besides…” Twilight stated to say this before hugging Starlight Glimmer nearby to say this next part. “It’ll be nice having someone in which we can both learn more things about friendship.” She issued off this to say how the two will be working together.

Starlight comment, "As you said yourself, the ones that helped me train my magic to levels matching your own aren't the type to take kindly about me betraying them. I'm no coward, but I'm smart enough to know when I'm outmatched. I figure, by accepting your offer to make me your personal student, I can have enough back-up to stand a realistic chance when they eventually come to pay me back for my betrayal. After all, you aren't the type to turn your back on a pony in trouble - especially not your personal student. And your friends will follow your lead. Between you, the other Rainbow Power bearers, your coltfriend, your daughter, Discord, Sunset and Flash, well - it doesn't take a genius to do the math."

“Well, again, I will learn more friendship with you around.”

“Thanks Twilight, I guess I should find a place in town to setup.” Starlight Glimmer lightly smiled for the thought of the manner.

“Well, how’s about until then, you can stay in one of our guest rooms here in the castle?” Ben suggested this to the mare.

“You mean that?” Starlight asked off surprised to hear this.

“Yep.” Ben nods off in totally stating it was okay.

“On behalf of saving the course of our timeline & preventing a future of where disaster would have overcome many, we thank you all. For the deeds you have done in the past to the present we live in.” Azure Phoenix smiled off to thank many hat have done wonders that they are able to speak clearly on the subject of Equestria.

Many of the gang felt much relief joy in hearing Azure Phoenix say that, as many were starting to begin by having Starlight Glimmer get to know the royals here.

“By the way, Twilight, your parents wanted to hear from you.” Celestia said with a smile. “They said your little brother is being a silly pony again. Sparky Comet, if I remember right.”

Ben comment, "Wow, Twi. From what we heard from the others who weren't caught in the time loop, it seems like your parents have been pretty busy ponies."

The scene begins to close off around here…

 

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The scene changes towards where it’s nearly nighttime with the moon out, as a door within Rainbow Castle opens a nice guest room as Ben was showing Starlight Glimmer to it.

“What do you think?” Ben asked off if the mare likes it.

“It’s more than some pony like me deserves, but…thanks. And Ben…I’m sorry.” Starlight Glimmer spoke off to say this with a thankful expression while also looking down to say sorry.

“For what?” Ben raised an eyebrow in where that came from.

“For yelling at Twilight when she tried to consult with me in the town you visited &…calling you Earth Filth, that wasn’t nice.” Starlight Glimmer was apologizing for all of the things she did to Twilight & Ben. “As well as insulting you about your scar.”

“What was the earth Filth about, only ponies that don’t have much respect for Earth Ponies like to call us that?” Ben asked in recalling that some unicorns & Pegasus think less of Earth Ponies, but no one since Boris called him that.

Starlight Glimmer was looking a little bad in how terrible she was in calling a nice guy like Ben Earth Filth, she doesn’t know why anymore.

“But you know what, whatever happen in the past, stays in the past. You said you wanted ponies to be equal to another, and that also means…by treating others the way you wanna be treated.” Ben smiled to say this in giving Starlight Glimmer the benefit of a doubt that the mare was sincere, & that by treating others right will be the same thing for her too.

“Thank you.” Starlight Glimmer smiled a bit in being thankful of Ben’s thoughtful words.

“But, there is something or someone I would like to show you.” Ben stated out to say as he gets something out; it was a glowing crystal ball that showed an image of…an adult version of Sunburst.

“S-S-Sunburst? How…” Starlight Glimmer yelps in seeing this before using her magic to levitate it.

“I asked someone if there was a way to get him to talk to you & a magic crystal ball was his advice.” Ben smiled off in stating this about how he asked a favor of someone that had some connections.

“Starlight…” The crystal ball responded off to which Starlight looked & it was Sunburst, wherever he was, the mare was about to…see & hear her old friend’s voice after so long.

“Hopefully someday, you two will meet in the flesh.” Ben patted Starlight’s shoulder to say this of what the possible future may hold.

“I would love for that to happen.” Starlight Glimmer nods off to say this with a happy claim about such a thought.

Ben leaves the room to allow Starlight Glimmer a moment to adjust, including having a first time chat with an old friend. As Ben was heading down the hallway, he spots a pony that also came to the gang’s rescue i the Time Realm they were trapped in, the Chronicler.

“Thanks for that Chronicler, but I’m guessing your visit isn’t about helping a pony from emotion matters that almost spelt the end of our timeline.” Ben stated off to thank the guy for the aid in the crystal ball thing, but knew there was more things going on.

“Ah Ben, I had seen her story, but knew that she would be fine…what has me concern with is about your case.” Chronicler spoke forth in issuing the matter towards Ben’s direction.

“You mean my Triforce, yeah, it was crazy, Amon tried to take it & now…I lost two of them. I bet I can’t even…” Ben was waving his right hoof to say he can’t summon anything, but then…his sword appeared. “What the…the Master Sword, but…” Ben was confused, he thought he couldn’t do this.

“You thought you lost your connection to your items, gears & weapons, when in truth, you can still access them & more of the others waiting to be unlocked.” Chronicler spoke forth in stating that not ALL things Ben once could do, were removed.

“But…how?” Ben was confused, he can still call on the items he can use even with just the Triforce of Courage on his flank.

“You forget, your bloodline is that you are a descendant of Epona, the companion steed to Link, the Hero of Hyrule. Even with one Triforce Element, you can use it to help you overcome trials ahead.” Chronicler pointed out these things for Ben to understand his role.

“But even still, it feels like what Amon did in the Time Realm, the memory of that event is…playing out differently in my head here. Like it was almost the same, but different.” Ben was still having some trouble getting use to some memories of where two similarities are the same, but a different method plays out compared to the first.

“In this new timeline, Amon did separate your three Triforce Elements, but Courage never left your side.” Chronicler pointed this out about how Ben still has Courage within him. “And it will be from Courage that you seek Wisdom & then go forth to obtain the Power to make yourself whole & strong once more.” He explained that Ben will re-obtain what he lost as Courage will be his guide.

“Thanks for those words Chronicler, maybe you’re right, I can reclaim what I lost. And I won’t be alone either.” Ben nods off in thanking the guy while making this claim.

“More than reclaim, you will gain new experience, & your inner bloodline will awaken your inner strength as well while you progress.” Chronicler stated out to say these other things to Ben.

“My bloodline awaken my inner strength, what does that mean?” Ben raised an eyebrow in being puzzled by that claim of what it means.

“You will find out, when you face an enemy you feel betrayed, but through it, you will realize what is most important to you. Take care, young Ben….the future of what happens next is for us all to decide.” Chronicler exclaimed forth to mention these things, as though they are hidden clues of what Ben will face in the near future.

Ben was unsure about what the Chronicler meant, but perhaps whatever the case maybe, he’ll have to overcome it, somehow.

Later on at this moment, we see the Chronicler was seen exiting the Rainbow Castle in the middle of the night. As he was moving to prepare himself to return to Canterlot, he sense someone nearby to turn & find….Celtic, the Mystic Demon that even Blackwitch fears.

“You seem to say much to someone when you yourself only look through one’s story of their life through books.” Celtic spoke off to say to Chronicler of what she had witnessed. “Regardless, the cards I wielded were to change those five by giving up something to undo the damage of the time stream.”

“Your cards that held the contracts were non-in-void when they were taken & fuse with the Time Orb.” The Chronicler exclaimed forth in mentioning this statement of what happened during the matters within the Time Realm.

“Yes, apparently my contracts come with fine prints, which is what Blackwitch & the others would have feared.” Celtic issued off in knowing how her ‘deals’ can sometimes lead the Mystics to not trust her very much. “But as you said, they became non-in-void when what happened changed what I was planning to do.”

“In a way, yes, however, even without the contracts, those of the Sparkle Family will not know what it was they lost, but to find a change instead.” The Chronicler stated forth to mention this as some side to overlook. “To find is to lose & to lose is to find.”

“Is that something you got from your books?” Celtic asked off in having heard such things from this book keeper.

“In a way, yes….I see that what they will find is something they lost, but within this new timeline, what they lost will be found anew.” The Chronicler exclaimed forth to say this in being positive of his words.

Soon the Chronicler summoned five books, each one with Twilight, Ben, Nyx, Spike & Phobos on them as he looks through to see what new changes appear to be done.

“Spike’s family will be different, leading to a more pleasant life. Twilight Sparkle, destiny has many surprises in store for her from a growing family where each of them plays a part in their own adventure. Phobos has not change much as he will still be with the one he wants to be with young Nyx. And dear Ben Mare, the events from the Time Stream will be reflective upon here. But even still, he will reclaim what is his & he will not be weaken by this setback, nor will he be alone.” The Chronicler explained this off as he looks to skim through the books of what told the stories of the Sparkle Family, what changes are made differ from others, including those like Ben who lost something, will find it again.

“Then are you saying the sacrifices they made were…” Celtic raised an eyebrow in being curious of what this stallion would say next…

“Nothing but a change for a character, or characters undergoing change.” Chronicler stated off the simple term of how to acknowledge this point of view. “In either way, they will fare better…”

“Hugh…you & Blackwitch, you always seem to know what to do & what to say.” Celtic sighs to say this in seeing that like Blackwitch, the Chronicler knows what he is doing in the fated destiny of others…as they are written, told, & proceeded till the end of their journey.

“For now, let their stories play out, it’s a new chapter…for us all.” Chronicler smile doff to say this in knowing that the heroes of Equestria, will play out fine, as things are just starting here…

Celtic was silent before she decided to teleport out of sight, the same was done by the Chronicler. As the scene goes dark, many will soon believe that things will slowly move on track of what will happen on in the future.

 

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By next morning, Twilight was sitting in her library area, relaxing after the crazy time traveling adventure she, her family went through before finally resolving it. Just then a familiar book was glowing & reacting that Twilight saw, then opens it to check, only to gasp in…what it was as words appeared inside.

“Sunset….oh my, this sounds bad. I think that time travel really left me unable to respond, I’ll just….” Twilight stated off in reading the message as she needs to respond…but…

“Princess! We got ‘Big’ trouble happening!” Fred spoke out as he & Barney came into the room.

“Yeah, holes are popping all over Equestria!” Barney pointed out a window, where Twilight saw strange portals leading towards…Canterlot High!

“Oh boy, I’ll have to respond to Sunset later, looks like I have to figure out what’s causing another problem.” Twilight sighs in seeing what is happening here, her day is never dull.

So Twilight teleports out of the room to begin another action of where a hero’s work & acting princess is never a quiet day for a second. Things will be looking new with change, but hopefully, everyone can learn to adjust with a new friend like Starlight Glimmer apart of things. Everything begins to go dark now as the future of what else lies ahead…is a mystery to us all…

 

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In timeline stream, a mysterious statue of humanoid elf was floating and flowing around the area. A sudden of light and darkness clashed and static ignited on it for few times.

CRACK! The statue's face cracked. Its pieces fell off. His eyes opened and revealed the crimson pupil of serpentine and blackish eyeball.

“I'm free? Good... Good... Revenge... will... come...” The mysterious voice said with an evil crackle.

 

The End…for now!

 

Major Cast List

Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle, Blackwitch
Kelly Sheridan: Starlight Glimmer
Jason Marsden: Ben Mare
Cathy Weseluck: Spike the Dragon
Daveigh Chase: Nyx
Chris Sanders: Phobos the Dragon
Brian Dobson: Seekcuse, Various Qin Soldiers
Ashleigh Ball: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Shadow Cat
Andrea Libman: Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Pinkamena Diane Pie
Tabitha St. Germain: Rarity, Princess Luna, Adult Nyx, Nightmare Moon
Stacie Chan: Jade Adventure
Tim Curry: Grimmore
Martin Javis: Chronicler
Kate Higgins: Celtic

 

Minor Cast List

Rebecca Shoicht: Twilight Sparkle (Singing Voice)
Shannon Chan-Kent: Pinkie Pie (Singing Voice)
Kazumi Evans: Rarity (Singing Voice)
Troy Baker: Equestrian Eliminator
Jennifer Hale: Flare Tiger
Michelle Creber: Flower Dog
Bryan Cranston: The Equalizer
Terry Klassen: Young Hoops
Alessandro Juliani: Han Zero
Douglas Rye: Azure Phoenix
Peter New: Various Qin Soldiers
Brenda Crichlow: Zecora
Kathleen Barr: Queen Chrysalis
Nicole Oliver: Princess Celestia

Cameo Appearances

Jim Miller: King Sombra
Kirk Thornton: One-Eyed Anger
Doug Stone: Bullhound
David Faustino: Blazefist
P.J. Pryce: Laxtinct
Christopher Plummer: Ronson the Changeling King
Sean Hayes: Larry The Changeling
Will Sasso: Curly The Changeling
Chris Diamantopoulos: Moe The Changeling
Jason Statham: Amon Blood Statham
Adrian Pasdar: Armor Stark
David Kaye: JARVIS
Orlando Bloom: Golden Heart
Vic Mignogna: Omega
Brian Drummond: Jack Zen, Various Qin Soldiers
Lara Jill Miller: Autumn Gem
James Arnold Taylor: Fred Flintstoneward
Jeff Bergman: Barney Rubblestone
Ian McDiarmid: Mysterious Statue #12

Author’s note
The extra events that happened will signal a new timeline change in JusSonic’s MLP: Universe, due to Author Billy Arratoon leaving the group. New changes can be overseen & noted to be similar to Sonic & Mega Man’s Worlds Collide, with change of acting character roles of different events, & of different history play-outs.

Stories to relate to new changes are to be shown from JusSonic’s ‘The Consequences’ & VISION-KING’s ‘MLP: Observation Of Facts’ will explain over new changes & new understandings of what to expect & be a following up to help many know what’s what…

Ben will still be able to use his abilities even with just the Triforce of Courage & capable to awaken & unlock other things while reclaiming Wisdom & Power.

A Hidden Clue to the upcoming 'Friends Today…Enemies Tomorrow' is said by the Chronicler.

This story is connecting a bit during the events from Equestria Girls: The Friendship Games film. And there are more references in here. See if you folks can find them.

And there we go fans, the story is now completed. Starlight Shimmer is now a friend to the gang, & new things are to be seen in my MLP Universe. Thanks goes to VISION-KING for helping to help develop this work with suggestions given by other Authors that helped out. Now let’s enjoy what comes next...

“The Rise of Wraith: (set at the exact same time as "the Cutie Re-Mark"; VERY loosely based on the most recent James Bond movie "Spectre") While the Mane Six are dealing with Starlight Glimmer's revenge scheme, a trio of powerful monsters are unleashed. While Zecora, Doctor Whooves, Sunset Shimmer and Flash Sentry fight the monsters, Bon-Bon, Lyra and Muffins handle a dozen mysterious ponies who were trying to take advantage of the chaos caused by the monster attack by stealing an artifact Celestia entrusted Bon Bon and her organization to guard; an artifact that grants the wielder the power to read minds and see the future. After thwarting the mysterious ponies, Bon Bon discovers they were working for a top secret criminal organization code-named "Wraith". Can Bon Bon's organization foil Wraith's ultimate plans and bring the mastermind to justice?
Villains: Burns Strato Breezefield and the agents of Wraith.
Note: Wraith is an independent organization with no connection whatsoever to the Apocalypse Ponies, the Dark Mystics or any of the other main villains of this series.”