I woke up the next day and felt a slight headache going on in my head...but I didn't let it get me down, a quick drink of water and a headache tablet should solve this little issue. When I got myself dressed, I walked on downstairs to the kitchen with one drink and a tablet later, I began to wait for the tablet to take effect for my headache.

I walked out of the my home to find it being a clear day, I then noticed Pinkie trotting away whilst being floated on balloons...which was quite weird but that's Pinkie for you.

"Come on Fluttershy, the party can't start until the party supplies get there." Pinkie said to her.

I then noticed Fluttershy crawling on the ground with boxes of party supplies which took me by surprise.

"Uhh...happy...to...help....but can I carry the balloons next time?" she asked whilst trying to carry the boxes.

Suddenly Twilight burst on the scene and ran into Fluttershy, knocking all the boxes down with the party stuff inside.

"Allow me to help you." I offered as I walked over and picked up two boxes and placed the supplies back in them.

"Thanks Bond!" Pinkie replied.

Twilight then got up but she seemed to have a glass and moustache mask on her face without noticing, she then jumped on one of the bridge poles and looked at the ponies that were by her.

"Listen everypony, I have get something really important to say." she announced.

The other ponies laughed at her and I tried not to giggle, Twilight noticed and shook off the disguise mask.

"This is no laughing matter, we have a crises on our hooves." she added which caused the ponies to gasp. "I just been visited by myself from the future."

"Then we must send you back...to the future!" I yelled as I performed a rimshot which caused the ponies to laugh again.

"This isn't a joke, my future self tried to warn me about a horrible disaster that gonna occur sometime before next Tuesday morning."

"What kind of disaster?" Applejack asked who she and Rarity turned up without me noticing.

"I don't know, I got sucked back to the future before I could explain."

"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" Pinkie yelled as she tried to run whilst still attached to the balloons.

All of us could only stare in total confusion as I thought that Pinkie must be a fan of Iron Maiden.

"Whatever shall we do Twilight?" Rarity asked, "How do we stop a disaster if we don't know what it is?"

"We'll just have to work together to make sure we're safe." Twilight answered

"Woah, woah, woah!" I exclaimed, "Hold on a moment...don't you think you're taking this too seriously...what did your future self exactly say?"

"Well, my future self disappeared before she could explain."

"Probably because you wasted her time with your unnecessary questions."

But before Twilight could retort, Pinkie ran on by with her balloons and screamed.

"Anypony else wanna panic with me?" Pinkie asked after stopping, "No?" She then screamed again and ran away...which left us confused again.

"Everypony, time to disaster-proof Equestria." she announced and soon, we all go to work in making Ponyville as secure and safe from anything that could be disastrous.

I decided to fly all around checking on everything going on...starting with the dam where the crack was filled up with cement by Applejack and Rarity. Next was the filling up of water in the water tower by Mrs. Cupcake, then a metal steel slab was screwed in on one part of the bridge's pillars by Pinkie and Big Mac, followed by cleaning up dropped food and dirt from the pavement by the CMC's. But then it got a bit ridiculous for me, Spike painted through a crack in the wall of the library, Pinkie snipped off a loose strain from her mane...before we finished it by checking over the list in town and I was with Twilight, Applejack and Fluttershy.

"So Twilight, are we done yet?" I asked.

"Done and done and done." she replied, going over her list. "Applejack,  what about the Everfree Forest?"

"The perimeter's clear." She replied.

"Great." Twilight checked off on that.

"And my team gave the all clear from Fillydelphia to Las Pegasus." Rainbow Dash announced from the sky.

"Excellent." Twilight checked off on it again. "Well, we've done everything on the list, but still... future Twilight looked like she'd been through a horrible ordeal." Twilight rolled up the list and put it away, beginning to walk off. "I just have this nagging feeling we should be looking for something bigger than loose bolts and leaky pipes."

Suddenly, a loud roar sounded throughout town, surprising us and even causing Fluttershy to jump a little. A three-headed huge black dog appeared out of a nowhere in the middle of town, roaring again.

"Okay everypony," Pinkie Pie stood in front of all of them, looking confident. "Follow my lead." Immediately, she began screaming and running away, causing everypony to panic with her. Ponies shut their windows and found anywhere else to hide.

"What is that thing?" Spike asked worriedly, running out.

"That's Cerberus!" Twilight answered. "He's supposed to be guarding the gates of Tartarus, but if he's here, then all of the ancient evil creatures that have been imprisoned there could escape and destroy Equestria!"

"Destroy Equestria?"

"Yeah, isn't it great?" Twilight walked towards the monster. "Hey, Cerberus! You look like you could use some obedience training! Magic obedience training!"

Cerberus responded with a loud roar.

Fluttershy then began flying towards it, surprising Twilight when she immediately had Cerberus under her control. Fluttershy began rubbing its torso, speaking as if she was speaking to one of her pets. "Who's the cute widdle three-headed dog?" She asked playfully as the giant monster really…acted like a dog.

I guess even a Greek monster can't escape Fluttershy's kindness.

"Wow, I knew you were good with animals, but this is amazing." Twilight commented.

"I guess even an animal this size loves affection from a shy mare." I added.

She blushed lightly and continued to rub its belly. "Aww, he's just a big furry guy who got out of his yard, that's all. Right, Cerberus? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?"

Pinkie startled us when she came galloping by us, continuing to scream out loudly.

"Pinkie." Twilight called, causing Pinkie to instantly stop screaming and go over to her.

"Yes, Twilight?" She asked.

"Do you have a ball I can borrow?"

She rushed over to a nearby tree with a huge hole and began reaching inside. "I have balls stashed all over Ponyville," She brought out a yellow ball with a blue stripe. "In case of ball emergency."

"Wait, you had a ball in that tree?" I asked Pinkie.

"Yep." she replied quickly.

I shrugged and Twilight grabbed the ball with Pinkie walking over to her.

"Hey, Cerberus!" She called in a sing song voice. "Look what I have!" She waved the ball around in front of the three heads, causing them to grow excited. "I'll be back as soon as I've returned him to the gates of Tartarus." Twilight stated as she began leading him with the ball. "Once he's back at home, there'll be no disaster."

"Alright, be safe." I commented, even though she was too far to hear me.

While she was away, I brought the ponies who ran back into town and assured them all they were safe, after which, I began spending time with the others as there was nothing serious happening for the rest of the afternoon. It was sunset by the time Twilight got back and she looked in a right state, but in a messy way.

"Twilight, how did it go with Cerberus?" I asked.

"Great, I got him back before any of the evil creatures could escape." she replied.

"That's great to know...by the way, you need to have a shower...just saying."

She giggled nervously, "I guess I need to clean a myself up...I'll catch you soon."

"Alright, same to you."

Twilight then walked back to her library whilst I went to my home as I was getting a headache again, not only that, I just couldn't seem to care anymore about this huge deal being made out of what I think is only a small problem that can easily be solved.

As I walked into my home, I made myself a zap apple jam sandwich...I really needed one this time along with a drink and a tablet to sort my headache out, if this doesn't work a third time later, I probably will have to see a doctor at the hospital.

When it was nightfall, I walked on out to clear my head and get some clean air, when I saw Pinkie, Twilight and Spike holding an ice cream cone.

"Uhh girls and Spike, I probably don't want to know, but what are you doing?" I asked.

"Oh we're going to Canterlot and sneak into the library there." Pinkie answered quietly.

"What for?"

"To try and stop time." Spike added.

"Okay...well you might need a flux capacitor for that but good luck to you three."

"Thanks...now let's get moving." Twilight said as they walked onwards to the train station.

Shaking my head at all of it, I then saw Rarity outside and seemed to have something on her mind.

"Hi Rarity, are you alright?" I asked, walking towards her.

"Hi Bond, there is but mind if we go to my house to talk about it?" she replied, asking me.

"Alright, lead the way."

We then walked into her fashion shop/home and into her dress making room with her bed. We walked into the centre of the room before she turned around and sat down, whilst I did the same.

"So Rarity, what is it you wish to talk about?"

"Well Bond, it's not easy for me to say but it's a couple of personal things. The first is that I need to tell you something about Spike."

"Oh, what about Spike?"

"Well, you see, remember the time when he and I were falling from the sky?"

"Yeah, that was when I saved you both."

"Yes that one...well I never got around to thanking you for saving me and Spike....but it was what Spike said before you saved us."

"I see, what did he say?"

"Well, he confessed that he had a crush on me, but I placed my hoof on his mouth."

"So that means you already knew he had a crush on you?"

"Quite right dear, the way he dropped hints about his crush on me was a dead give-away, but I had to let him have his fun so his feelings wouldn't get hurt."

"I think I understand now...so I guess you don't feel the same way about him?"

"Well, he is a young baby dragon, darling and I don't mean any disrespect to him, it's just that the idea of a dragon and a pony together and in love, it just makes me feel a little bit...uncomfortable."

"I can only imagine...and I would be the same way if a female dragon had a crush on me....have you spoke to him about it yet?"

"Oh I want to, but I can't do it, it would devastate him."

"Yes it would, but someday, he'll eventually have to grow out of his crush and just see you as a friend."

"I know...but this leads us to the second personal topic I have to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Well...I know you're in love, but...I have a crush on you."

My eyes then open wide, hearing this...I never thought Rarity would have a crush on me, I looked at her seeing her blushing and all at her confession.

"Really...Rarity, you fancied me?" I asked just to be sure.

"Yes I do, darling...even though you're in love with Trixie." she replied.

"Which I am, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna start thinking different. You know that I will always care for you and the others."

She began to whimper a little bit, "I know, it's just that I wish I had confessed to you about it far much sooner after all the times you've rescued me."

"Hey, hey, it's alright...you had your reasons why and I respect that."

Rarity sniffled a little bit and I felt sorry for her, I walked forward and gave her a loving hug.

"What's this hug for?" Rarity asked who seemed to be cheering up a little.

"Just because I love Trixie, it doesn't mean I can't share my love with anypony else." I replied calmly.

"Well, in that case dear, can I find out if there is a feeling for me?"

"What do you mean?"

"I wish to find out if I can feel anything, by giving you a kiss."

"A kiss...right here?"

"Well nopony else is here, it's just us two, darling."

"I don't know if I should."

"Well why not?"

"I just feel a little scared that if I do this, it'll look like I'm cheating on Trixie."

"But you're not, nopony will ever find out about it."

No more words were needed at that point, so preparing for the worst, I sighed and held out my hooves around her waist whilst she held her hooves by my neck and as we looked into each other's eyes, we moved our heads slightly forward...and shared a quiet kiss for a few seconds before pulling away.

Rarity was blushing a lot this time and I was blushing too, I felt terrible for doing it but if Rarity wanted to find out, it had to be done.

"So Rarity, did you feel anything?" I asked.

"Not really...I am a little sad, but maybe it's because I know that you're in love with Trixie that my heart was not in it."

"Well either way, I hope you're alright now after you kissed me."

"Yes, I'm okay now...thank you for letting me find out, Bond...I swear that nopony or Spike will ever find out. I promise you."

"Alright, thank you Rarity...I promise to keep what you said about Spike too so that we're even...have a goodnight Rarity."

"You too as well, dear...goodnight."

We then smiled at each other before I left her home and walked on back to my home. When I got in, I took off my clothes and got into bed...I wasn't interested in reading my book. But I did think about what happened today...Twilight with a message from the future is quite cliché, but I hope she's had her issue sorted, not to mention seeing that Cerberus before being controlled by Fluttershy.

As for tonight, Rarity confessed a lot and we shared a kiss just to find out if there was anything she felt...she said she didn't...now that I think about it, I didn't feel anything either. But for the time being, I learnt a lesson about the worrying...don't worry about the future. Next Chapter: Dragon Quest Estimated time remaining: 18 Hours, 8 Minutes