"Ugh" I said, as I got up. All I could remember, was that there was a flash of white light. "Where am I?" I said as I looked around. "Actually, where are we?" I noticed that Twilight was here. "And, wha--? What happened to me?" I noticed I was no longer human. I became a pony. "It's about time! I was wondering when I would turn into one of them." Thing is, I always turn into one of the species in the planet, so as to not attract to much attention because I'm a human.

"Wha- what happened?" asked Twilight as she opened her eyes. It took me a while, but I finally realized what happened, and where we were. But more importantly, when we were.

"Trixie tampered with my watch and we ended up time travelling. We're back in Ponyville at night, so that means we also space-traveled." I told her. "I also turned into a pony, but what is this? No Cutie Mark?" I said. "But to what point in time is the real question." I added.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie can answer that." responded Trixie. She looked as though nothing happened to her. "The Great and Powerful Trixie took you all back to where she was upstaged by Twilight."

"All she did was fix a mess that Snips and Snails caused. Not only that, but you were lying! That's all you're fault, trying to show off like that." I said.

"Quiet!" she yelled at me, though I wasn't startled. "Now that the Great and Powerful Trixie has your watch, she'll have more than enough power to stop the Ursa Minor!" she boldly claimed.

"Ok, I know that you're supposed to be all haughty and stuff, but seriously, could you maybe not talk in the third person all the time? It tends to get annoying" I said. "Oh yeah and, GIVE ME IT BACK!" I yelled as I reached my watch. I took it from her, but what I didn't know at the time, was that she made a duplicate of my watch while we were all knocked-out. So I thought I had my watch, but it was fake. I really gotta turn on the security defenses on my watch. That, and I have to learn to tell a fake when I see one.

"Got it!" I exclaimed. "Now then, time to send us all back so as not to mess with the past..." I said. But my watch wasn't working. "What? How can this be?" I asked, irritated. Trixie didn't answer either, so I immediately thought she did something with my watch. I guess you could say I was half right.

"What did you do to my watch?!" I said, furiously. I got so angry. I couldn't control myself. I think I was literally filled with anger, because normally, I'm easygoing. But something was really pissing me off. I don't know what it was. "Why couldn't you just forget about that incident and make amends, huh?! Why did you have to go back in time to try and fix it?! Arrgh!" I yelled.

"Green! Calm down!" said Twilight, with a calming voice. I turned to face her, my eyes full of rage for some reason. I started towards her, but then, it was like something inside of me was fighting back against my anger.

"I...I can't control i-it. M-my anger, it's o-out of control..." I said. It was then that I realized, something is affecting me.

"My watch!" I said. "This is a fake! Grrr....Graarrhgh!!" I blew a fuse. I turned back to face Trixie, but she started to run. "OH NO YOU DON'T!" I screamed. I ran and in mere milliseconds I reached her. I grabbed her from the neck and held her up. "Was your humiliation really that bad?" I asked her, surprisingly calm.

"Y-y-yes" she barely managed. I was choking her now.

"Green, put her down!" yelled Twilight. She was really worried, it seems.

"Why should I?" I said, tightening my grip. "She's going to mess with the timeline! You don't want that, do you?"

"No, I don't want that. But killing her isn't going to fix anything!" she tried to reason with me.

"You're right..." I said as I put Trixie back down. She was struggling to breathe. "Yeah, this one won't do. I need to find the past Trixie. If that one is killed, the annoyance will never come to be." I said. I leaped up, high in the air, looking for the carriage of the past Trixie.

"We have to stop him!" said Twilight to Trixie. She helped Trixie up.

"B-but how?" asked Trixie.

"He said something about magic still being able to affect him, so let's try that." said Twilight. "Oh, and maybe you should give him his watch back." she added.

"I didn't think the duplicate would do that to him. It was supposed to be only slightly aggrivating." said Trixie, to herself, but Twilight heard.

"What was that? Were you trying to make him angry?" asked an irritated Twilight.

"Yes, yes...I was trying to make him seem bad to you, so that you wouldn't be friends with him. But the fake did more than anger him, it may have made him lose his mind." Trixie explained.

"You...We have to stop him!" said Twilight. They took off, looking for me.

"Aha! I found you." I said as I came down. I was thinking about how to kill her, when all of sudden, the ground starts shaking.

"So the Ursa Minor finally decided to show up, eh?" I said to myself. "Those idiots." I said (talking about Snips and Snails).

"Now, then. How shall I do this?" I asked.

"You won't." responded someone from behind. It was Trixie.

"What makes you think you can stop me?!"

"Your watch. I-I mean, I'm giving you back your watch."

"Wait, what? You're not speaking in the third person? And you're giving me my watch back?"

"Y-yes. I truly hope there are no hard feelings." said Trixie. Just then, the Ursa Minor appeared. Trixie knew she wouldn't be able to stop it, but I could. "H-here! Take it! Stop the Ursa Minor!"

I took my watch and said slyly, "With pleasure." I jumped up and started smacking some sense into the Ursa Minor. It seemed unaffected at first, but after I used a soothe sayer, it calmed down. Afterwards, the past Twilight used her magic to feed the Ursa Minor with the giant bottle of milk. In seconds, it was gone, back to its cave thanks to the magic of Twilight. The present Twilight appeared, and looked a little worried.

"I can't find the others!" she said.

"I think I-I may have accidently sent them to other times..." said Trixie.

"Don't worry, I'll get 'em back." I said. "But since you messed with my watch, it'll be harder to do so. I can't just pull them out of time and put them in the correct timeline, anymore."

"Don't give her anymore flak, Green." said Twilight.

"I'm not. I'm simply explaining the situation." I said. "Now then, I can at the least, send you two back to respective timeline. Afterwards, I shall go look for everypony else."

"No way! I'm going with you." said Twilight.

"Well can't force you...How about you, Trixie?" I said. She looked uneasy, and unsure of what to do. "Don't worry, I forgive you for what you did. You can go back without worry."

"No, I must...go with you. I have to fix what has been done. They must know that I am sorry." said Trixie. She looked truthfully regretful. I then thought, "How could she be the bringer of evil? All she wants is attention." I guess she wasn't truly the one who would bring back evil.

"Hey, don't regret anything!" I said. "There's nothing worse than regret. Look at what you did, and pull out what you learned from the experience." I told her. She started to smile a little.

"Now then, if you truly wish to travel with us, then so be it." I said. I turned my watch back on, pressed a few buttons, and touched the screen. Then, a portal appeared. "Let's go in" I said. We all jumped in the portal and left without a trace.

---

As we sped through time, I noticed something was off. The Space-Time Continum was shaky at best. We had to dodge a few obstacles here and there, but there should be none to start with. I thought to myself, "Maybe we affected the time more than I thought." But that wasn't it. Something else was affecting time and space. I didn't know who was though. At least, not yet. Just then, some weird monster appeared.

"Green, watch out!" yelled Twilight. Though I paid no attention, my instincts took over. I slashed it with a sword that materialized out of nowhere.

"How...?" asked Twilight. I simply shrugged in response. We finally came to our stop. I was thinking of what that monster was. It certainly looked familiar, but it didn't matter now. "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it." I thought.

"Uh, why are we here?" asked Twilight.

"Beats me." I said. We were in Sugarcube Corner. I looked around, puzzled. I too, wondered why we were here.

"The real question is, when are we?" said Trixie.

"Right!" I said in realization. "We seem to be in...Oh snap..." I said.

"What?" asked Twilight and Trixie.

"Remember when Pinkie lost it because she thought her friends didn't like her anymore? Well that's when we are..." I said.

"What's the problem? Rainbow Dash got her to the farm and Pinkie then knew we were planning a surprise birthday party for her." said Twilight.

"Yes, but, the present Pinkie is here. No telling what she'll do." I said.

"She'd be attending her own party, duh?" said a familiar voice. We all turned around and saw that the two Pinkies met.

"Yeah, it'll be twice as fun! With twice as many Pinkies!" said the past Pinkie, who was already crazy. Her hair was down, so that gave it away.

"You look sad. What's wrong, Pinkie?" I asked the past Pinkie.

"Well, my friends keep avoiding me! They don't like me or my parties anymore." said a sad Pinkie.

Twilight said, "That's not true! We're just--"

"No, don't tell her now. You could mess up the timeline even more than it is now. In fact, Twilight, take Trixie and the present Pinkie outta here. I need to fix this." I whispered to Twilight.

"It's just what?" asked the sad Pinkie Pie.

"Oh! It's just...they, uh, have a good reason to do so! I just, uh, can't tell you now..." I said as Twilight took Trixie and a struggling Pinkie out of the shop.

"Wait, why are they leaving? Oh, so they don't want to be my friends either, huh?" said the past Pinkie Pie.

"O-Of course they do! And, uh, so do I! But don't worry, I'll make sure everything turns out fine." I told her. "I just need to get out for a sec--" I was going to get Rainbow Dash, but then...

"Oh no you don't!" Pinkie interjected. "You're not leaving me either!"

"B-but I'm not! I-I just..." I tried to explain, but I was rather scared. It must've been how she started acting that was freaking me out. She had a bunch of made-up friends around a table. She went toward me, and I did something I really should not have done. I ran. That sent her the message that I didn't want to be here.

"Pinkie, what are you doing?!" I asked her as she tied me up. She's definitely faster than I thought.

"Just making sure you don't leave my awesome party!" she said in that lunatic way of hers. I was tied to a chair and my hands tied behind me. She pushed me toward the table and started talking to her imaginary friends. I paid no attention to her, thinking that, well, she's lost it. A while later, however. she spoke to me.

"How are you enjoying my party?" she asked, twitching.

"I-it's fine! Really, it is! Fun too. But, uh, I really have to go--"

"NO! Liar, you're not enjoying my party at all! And I won't let you leave until you do!" she said as she tipped me over.

"Ouch...Pinkie, please, stop...Y-you're hurting me." I told her. That seemed to bring her back a little, but what happened next is...unspeakable.

"Uh, sorry. Hey, I know what'll make you feel better! Tickling!" she exclaimed as she started to tickle me.

"How is-- N-n-no! S-s-stop it!" I said. "I-- no one knows that I'm ticklish. How do you?"

"Everypony's ticklish, silly." Pinkie claimed. I guess she's never met my cousin. Wait, what am I saying? Of course she hasn't met him! She kept at it until, well, it seemed like a long time. I was actually surprised, how she was acting like this, tickling me, even though she was sad. I guess she is the Element of Laughter, though. Maybe that's why she tickle tortured me.

"P-P-Please! S-Stoahahahahaahhaaaahaahahahaahhahahaha!" I was crying at this point. She was using feathers, and worse, her tongue.

"Had enough yet?" asked Pinkie.

"Yes! Please, stop!" I barely managed. I was breathing hard. It seemed like hours that she had been tickling me, but it was actually about 10 minutes. She tied me up again, probably afraid I'd leave. "Why do you keep tying me up? I learned my lesson, I won't leave! I promise. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my--" I tried to move my hoof. "Right, can't move my hand. Err, hoof." I said.

"I-I guess you're right...I'll let you loose, just don't you dare leave!" said Pinkie, as she untied me. For some reason, I had a strong feeling to make a break for it again, but I knew I had to stay. I got up, off the chair, and hugged her. I thought she wouldn't mind, she looked sad. She finally hugged back, too. But a few moments later, Rainbow Dash arrived.

"Hey, Pinkie Pie!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, hey." said Pinkie in a very, caustic mood.

Rainbow Dash said, "Listen, Pinkie. You need to come to the barn. We're--"

"No! I'm not going!" replied Pinkie.

"But, all of your friends are there!"

"Oh suuuure, my 'friends'. You and they've been avoiding me and making excuses to not come to my party! Some friends you are!"

"But, I promise it's for a good reason! You HAVE to come."

"I said no. I'd rather stay here with my real friends." said Pinkie Pie as she pointed to the imaginary friends.

"Do I not count as a 'real' friend?" I asked.

"Of course you do, Green. Come on, let's party with our friends." said Pinkie.

"What? Who are you?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"I am nobody, but at the same time everybody." I said. RD just looked at me puzzled.

"Huh?" she said.

"You'll know in good time..." I said in almost a whisper. By this time, Rainbow Dash just ignored me, and tried to convince Pinkie to come with her. It was a good thing, too. Can't have them knowing who I am before it's time. They were arguing and I was left out, except for the occasional tug from Pinkie to go with her. Then, the tugs turned to pulls. She was pulling me because Rainbow Dash was pulling her. Rainbow saw this wasn't working, so she tried pushing instead. That seemed to be working. Eventually, Rainbow managed to get Pinkie out of the shop and I was left alone.

"Phew..." I sighed. What a day it had been, but it had only just begun.

"Are they gone?" asked Twilight.

"Huh? Oh yeah, they just left right now." I said. "She was living in fool's paradise. But most likely away with the fairies."

"Well, we found Pinkie Pie." said Trixie.

"Yup! Here I am!" said the present Pinkie.

"Good! Have you briefed her on the situation?" I asked.

"Yup, she know's what's up." said Twilight.

"Good, less explaining for me. Not like I'd need to though. She's incredibly smart. Probably smarter than you even." I said. I turned to face Pinkie and saw that she was talking to the imaginary friends.

"Well, in her own way." I chuckled. So, hopefully not affecting the timeline much, we all lept into the time portal that I opened up. And so, our adventure to rescue to the ponies through time continued. Next Chapter: 3. The Gathering of Friends Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes