What the Future Brings

Note: I am trying to be as vague as possible about how far it is in the future so lets just say Sparkfang as a hybrid ages slower than any pony or dragon but when he gets to a certain age (like the age of the Cutie Mark Crusaders) he starts aging the pace of a normal dragon. Also thanks again to Inferno Demon Dash for being my proofreader!

As they saw the three creatures coming closer Twilight then used a camouflage spell to make Spike and the Mane Six invisible, being sure to put a hoof over Pinkie pie’s mouth just in case.

“The sound came from here,” whispered Sparkfang confused “yet there seems to be nothing here!”

“That Pegasus looks like you Dash” whispered Pinkie who somehow managed to get Twilight’s left front hoof off of her mouth.

“Shush Pinkie” whispered Twilight but Pinkie had a point, except for the mane colour, colour of fur, Cutie Mark and eye colour, Firefly could have passed for Rainbow Dash herself which caused the grown mare to shiver in horror.

“There doesn’t seem anything out of the ordinary Dinky and Sparky” Firefly loudly sighed disappointed since she was hoping for something exciting when she flew over the area they were at.

“Fly, I have told you how I felt about that nickname, please stop calling me by it” lightly growled Sparkfang annoyed while Firefly grinned at him, she knew exactly how much he didn’t like the nickname and that was the reason why she used it-to annoy him.

“Doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary” spoke Dinky after two minutes of searching causing the pegasus and half breed to stare at the colt with a blank look.

“Let’s go back” replied Sparkfang relieved that nothing seemed to have happened as they then with no other reason to stay went back to Ponyville along with a bouncing Dinky and a dejected Firefly as Sparkfang rolled his eyes, what strange friends he had.

Twilight took the spell off of the seven of them.

“Okay I can tell two of those ponies are familiar with their appearance but well the other creature......I.....I’ve never seen anything like it!” exclaimed Twilight trying to figure out just what that animal was and why it was hanging around ponies, her mind buzzing with desire to learn more of the unfamiliar creature, all she knew for now was that it was male.

“That pink pony was like a colt version of you, Pinkie….that seems a bit scary now I have such thoughts” remarked Rarity to Pinkie Pie who frowned with her eyes narrowed a bit at the hurtful tone but could tell that it was unusual before she shrugged and smiled looking around the familiar landscape.

“And except for the colour itself that female Pegasus looked a lot like Rainbow Dash” Applejack commented before Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.

“Well of course, I mean…what sort of female Pegasus does not want to be me…they have to be like….twenty percent near awesome as me to want that” snapped Rainbow Dash as she lifted into the air with her wings and struck a pose causing everyone to roll their eyes at her ego.

“It seems either we are in a different world,” remarked Twilight thoughtfully “or we’ve travelled through time!”

Back in Ponyville, Sparkfang’s father Spike Sparkle was searching around the town with a worried look on his face before he spotted his son being around his two friends and ran to them scaring the fur and scales off of Sparkfang, Firefly and Dinky with the ground shaking as if there was a small earthquake.

“Do you know what happened?” asked Spike looking concerned for his son and his friends.

“No clue father,” Sparkfang replied shaking his head “it seemed to happen near the entrance to Ponyville other by the fields but when we got there we saw nothing of interest!”

“You went over there on your own?” growled Spike sternly with a raised eyebrow since it could have been dangerous and a small amount of green flames being breathed out of his snout.

“Sorry dad but Firefly rushed over there before I could suggest or we have brought an adult with us and I wanted to go after her to stop her from getting hurt just in case, you always told me to look after my friends” whispered Sparkfang bowing his head in shame at what had been done before he glared at Firefly who just shrugged not in the least fazed.

“I can believe that, and I’m proud of you for nothing wanting to leave your friends to fend on their own…but be sure to tell someone the next time you charge off into the unknown” sighed Spike loudly as he then shook his head, Firefly reminded him so much of her grandmother. Spike then let out a soft chuckle thinking of Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle when they were the group known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

“You didn’t see anything?” Spike added getting back to the matter at the hoof.......or claw as was the case.

All three teenage shook their heads. “Nothing despite the sound we heard nothing seemed to have been out of the ordinary” said Dinky.

“Well then tell me the instant you do see something out of the ordinary” Spike said sternly glaring at the three.

They nodded although Firefly did so reluctantly. Spike then went back on all four claws to his food that was at Sugarcube Corner, the three friends began talking after he was out of earshot.

“So what do you think caused that sound?” asked Dinky nervously.

“Could it be that Garble’s pack may have returned and is looking for revenge?” asked Firefly with a grit of her teeth and her eyes narrowed in hatred of the animals.

Garble in his teenage years was the leader of a group of teenage dragons Spike once encountered when he himself was but a small child and in Garble’s adult years became the leader of a pack of dragons who had attempted to take over Equestria by invading Canterlot six years ago.

The invasion attempt had been foiled and Garble himself was decapitated by Spike (who had been visiting Canterlot along with Sparkfang, Binky and Firefly) and the still alive Doctor Whooves (looking different than he did in the Mane Six’s timeline) using Garble’s own tail although the rest of his pack were still out there, perhaps plotting for revenge against the purple and green scaled male dragon known as Spike Sparkle.

“Unless they somehow managed to develop the power of invisibility, I doubt it” Sparkfang chuckled then became bored and used his tail to annoy Firefly by waving it in her face who slapped it away with her wings.

“Well nothing to worry about unless something does happen” Dinky then laughed. The three friends began to separate to spend their days their own ways; there was only so much they could handle of one another before they went mad.

*Meanwhile*

“Any ideas on what to do, I mean, we honestly don’t know where we are, but there has to be some way to figure out something if we ask somepony, right?” Twilight asked softly to her friends.

“Uh, hey…Twilight?” The small purple and green scaled dragon called Spike spoke lifting up his right front claw.

“Yes Spike?” asked Twilight wondering what her assistant was going to ask and if it was relevant to where they were.

“Where’s Pinkie?” wondered Spike out loud.

“Spike she’s right............here?” a confused and slightly annoyed Twilight replied as she along with Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack noticed Pinkie was gone not understand how she could just slip from their hooves and claws in Spike’s case, so quick without they noticing.

“Where is she?” snarled Rainbow Dash already angry at her for allowing the pink mare to get them into this mess.

*With Pinkie Pie*

Pinkie let curiosity get the best of her and wanted to explore this different Ponyville, slipping away from her friends without any problems, she had no doubt that they might not have known she was already gone. She was bouncing along the familiar yellow road when she bumped into another bouncing pink furred earth pony that was male with a dark pink mane and blue eyes – known as Dinky Pie!

“Sorry about that” Pinkie apologized as they got up and she then remembered seeing him as one of the two ponies and another strange creature that they saw when they were hiding.

“It’s alright,” Dinky laughed shaking his mane and smiled at the female look alike “hey I have never seen you around here before, are you new here?”

“I guess so” chipped Pinkie causing Dinky’s eyes to shine as he looked excited.

“I must throw you a party” Dinky screamed excitedly with five bounces into the air “I throw a party for every new pony in Ponyville!”

“I love parties” Pinkie shouted back making her excitement overwhelm her discovery for finding a way home as the two of them was bouncing on the spot, needless of their aching hooves “I have my party cannon we can use!”

“I have one at home,” Dinky admitted with a wide grin “of course it doesn’t work anymore, it’s an antique and it used to belong to my grandmother, Pinkie Pie!”

“What a co-inc-e-dink!” Pinkie spoke pausing her bouncing to talk to the colt “my name’s Pinkie Pie as well!”

“I must introduce you to all my friends” Dinky laughed before looking behind him “I went away from them a few minutes ago but they can’t be far by the way, my name is Dinky Pie, would you like to go meet my friends?”

“Okey Dokey Loki!” responded Pinkie not noticing that he had the same last name as herself as she followed Dinky going the direction from where he came from.