Another world, another story

by SkylerM

Rating: everyone
Tags: Apple Bloom, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Twilight Sparkle, Big Macintosh, Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Granny Smith, Nightmare Moon
Length: 2535

When Twilight wakes up one day, she realises that she has gone back in time, to the day she discovers about Nightmare Moon and her first visit to Ponyville. However, there are some strange changes...

Published 2012-04-07 10:24:02 UTC
Last updated 2012-04-21 07:25:14 UTC

Chapter 1

"Twi!"

The sun shone through the stained windows, shining a multicolored light on Twilight's face, the purple mare groaned and flipped on to her stomach, placing a pillow on her head, she mumbled, " Five more minutes please."

Something grabbed the pillow off her head and threw it to one side, obviously thrown with irritation, as it hit the floor with a large 'thump'

"We can't have five more minutes, Twi. Today's important! The Princess has sent you a very important letter, there are even guards outside waiting for us!"

She recognized the voice, it was Spike, her baby dragon assistant. "Important letter... IMPORTANT LETTER?!" The mare without hesitation, jumped and landed on her four hooves, locating Spike, who was holding the letter. She teleported the letter to her front, unfurling it, reading its every word.

My dear Twilight,

There is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location, Ponyville. And I have an even more essential task for you to complete, make some friends!

Twilight gave a sleepy look to the letter she had just read out, before glancing irritably to Spike, She teleported the letter to a nearby table. Before trotting back to the bed, trying to fall asleep again.

"Twi! What are you doing, we gotta go!" Spike said with a sense of urgency in his voice, almost having a tinge of excitement.

Twilight put her hoof to her face and lamented, "Spike, don't think you can fool me, I can remember every one of Princess Celestia's letters. Is this some kind of April Foals joke?"

Spike not knowing what the purple mare meant, tried his best to explain.

"Whaddya mean? It's important!"

Opening her eyes, in an attempt to roll them in annoyance. She realized something. The room she was in was a magestic blue, filled with books, just like the one in Canterlot. She looked around the room, it was similar to the one in Canterlot. Wait, no. It's exactly the same!

"Spike, why are we back in Canterlot?" Twilight said, getting out of bed slowly. Spike, with a worried and confused expression, touched the mare's head with his claw, asking if she was alright.

The purple mare retreated from his claw, pushing Spike away,"Of course I'm fine Spike. Things.. are just a little weird for me. Are you sure this is not a April Foal's joke?"

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Stepping off from the chariot and giving her thanks to the two pegasus stallions. She turned to Spike and said confidently,"Well... It seems that we have gone back in time and has come back to this day where nightmare moon returns! SO far, everything has been like how I remembered it. If that is so... Pinkie Pie should be coming our way any moment..."

CRASH

Twilight opened her eyes to see what had crashed into her, lying on top of her was a yellow cotton candy maned, white pegasus whose cutie mark was of three balloons which shared the exact shade of purple as her eyes. Twilight, confused, that her hypothesis had gone wrong, looked at the white pegasus in shock.

"Oopsie Daisy! My bad!" The pegasus got up and helped Twilight back on her hooves.

"Twilight, talk to her! Maybe she has something interesting to talk about! Try!" Spike overwhelmed with anticipation, exclaimed.

"Uh, hello?" Twilight managed to get the words out of her mouth, with a huge sense of Déjà vu

The pegasus gasped and flew away leaving behind a trail of yellow.

Spike looked awkwardly at the trail of yellow, before turning to see Twilight's reaction, to his shock, she was just thinking, "Could my hypothesis be wrong?" Twilight said worriedly, with a hoof tapping her chin,"That mare did look alot like Pinkie Pie, and she exhibits the same reactions as Pinkie did." The purple mare mumbling to herself as she walked towards Sweet Apple Acres.

"You are weird today, Twilight..."The baby dragon furrowed his brows as he followed.

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Trotting to the main entrance of Sweet Apple Acres, Twilight turned to Spike once more before reaching the entrance," I really can't seem to put my hoof on it, but we really have been transported back in time! But I haven't any sign of the girls anywhere.." Spike just shrugged and said excitedly, whilst looking at a checklist,"Banquet Preparations; Sweet Apple Acres!"

Reaching the entrance, what Twilight expected came true.

"YEEEE HAWWW!"

An orange mare with golden locks tied into a braid, similar to her tail, galloped towards an apple tree, turning around to buck it with her two hind feet. Apples of green, red and darkened red fell into the buckets below. The orange mare finished her performance by crossing her right hoof over her left. On her flank was three red apples, alike to the ones in the buckets.

Twilight, excited to see her friend, dashed forward and hugged her," Applejack! Thank goodness it's you! I was starting to think I was in some alternate dimension!" Letting go, Twilight gave a smile of relief, relived to see a familiar face.

The mare pushed Twilight away with a unsure look on her face," How do ya know my name? Ah've never seen you before in Ponyville before. An what are ya talking about, what ahternate dimenshun thingy? Ah ya sick?"

"Tell me about it." Spike nudged Applejack.

"I dunno, Applejack. Where's your hat?" Twilight asked, looking at her friend's bare head.

"Whaddya mean? Ah've never had a hat before." Applejack looked at the purple mare as if she just came out from the local hospital.

"You see...," Twilight began to explain, but stopped upon looking at Applejack's clearly confused expression,"Nevermind. My name's Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you."

"Mighty fine to meet you too, Miss Twilight! Wanna stay and try our apple products?" From her first word to her last, Applejack shook Twilight's hoof as hard as she could.

Twilight knew what was coming, but feigned a smile and said,"Sure, what could go wrong?"

Chapter 2

"Big Macintosh, Apple bloom annnd Granny Smith," Twilight swallowed the apple which was in her mouth, savoring its crispiness and sweetness. The purple mare complimented Applejack on the quality of the apple, sporting a genuine smile. "Why thank ya, Miss Twilight, would you like to stay for brunch?" Twilight nodded her head, and mentally prepared her stomach.

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"I really ate too much pie. What's next Spike?" Twilight, who already knew what was next, still asked as she walked along side her baby dragon assistant, whom was holding the checklist. Spike looked around in all directions, scratching his head, he said, "There's supposed to be a pegasus pony named Firefly around here that's supposed to be clearing the sky."

"Firefly? Isn't it supposed to be Rainbow Das-" Before she could finish her sentence, a dash of blue rammed into her, knocking her into the nearest muddy pond. A muddy figure rose from the pond, opening it's eyes to reveal a pair of lavender eyes. The figure shook off the mud, showing a blue maned Pegasus. "Hey, snrrk- didn't see you there. You ah are covered in mud snrrk- hehehe, let me help you with that," With that, the pink Pegasus, cutie mark which was of two lblue lightning bolts, dashed to a nearby grey cloud, grabbed it and placed it over Twilight's head, bouncing on it to pour rainwater on her, which only made Twilight's mane even worse. From a muddy unkempt mane, she now had a soaking wet, unkempt mane.

"Heh heh heh... I know what will fix you up, my specialty, I call it the rainblue dry!" The giggling Pegasus circuled Twilight as quickly as she could, creating a blue tornado, which as the name suggested dried Twilight's wet mane, with an exception. It made Twilight's hair as bad as an Afro on a bad hair day. The pink Pegasus, who couldn't hold it in anymore, fell on the floor rolling in laughter, who was joined by baby dragon, Spike. In this whole process, Twilight bore a smile, she looked at herself and couldn't help falling on the floor laughing with the duo.

Wiping her laughter tears away, she stood up and said to Twilight,"Hey, you're a cool pony, y'know? Name's Firefly, what's your name?"

"Twilight Sparkle! And I see you haven't cleared the sky of clouds... Then how are you going to impress the Wonderbolts?" Twilight looked into the sky, with a sly smile on her face.

"How did you know? I've always wanted to be a Wonderbolt! And about the clouds, I could clear them in 10 seconds, no, 9 seconds flat!" Firefly said triumphantly. With that, Firely flew into the sky, going through clouds, kicking some and whacking some with her pink wings.

"Excellent!" Twilight clapped her hooves,"Excellent performance, Firefly! Spike, check weather off the list, now for decor." Spike, who was still awestruck by what he saw, stood there mouth agape. Twilight sighed, used her magic to lift Spike onto her back, before a magic glow enveloped the quill checking a box next to a cloud.

The dragon and the purple mare, left for Carousel boutique, bidding goodbye to Firefly.

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The inside of the building was adorned with intricate banners, which had gemstones and jewels, sparkling and complimenting the Silky cloth.

The view left Spike in awe,"Beautiful..." But his view was directed at the unicorn in front. The unicorn, with a discerning eye and a mane sporting two colours, blue and Magenta. Her mark, three diamonds matched the other sparkling jewels in the room, complimenting her pearl white skin.

"No, no, no... That's cute! But no..." The white mare levitating strips of cloth up to her face, and choosing them.

A strip of red sparkling cloth with a purple glow floated over to her.

"That's absolutely perfect! Thank you!" A blue glow enveloped the strip and was tied into a knot on a pole.

The white mare turned around, to face Twilight, who had a enthusiastic smile. The white mare screamed in horror and went backwards, claiming she had seen a monster. Twilight looked at her in confusion, not bothering to look at at Spike, who she knew was head over heels by now.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle! What's your name?" Twilight extended a hoof to her as a attempt to make friends.

The white mare clamed down and flipped her mane to the side,"Darling, you're definitely not sparkling with that mane! My name's Sparkler, and I know what will fix your horribly monsterly unkempt mane!"

Twilight remembered the painful sting of the strap when it hit her back, and how tight it was,"Miss Sparkler, no thank you, could you just fix up my mane?" Twilight said in the most polite way.

"Hmm... Alright. Fixing up your mane will be just fine! You wouldn't match most of the dresses I planned for you to try anyways. Come this way darling! You seem like the most fabulous pony I've ever met. And you are from?" Sparkler asked whilst sorting out hair products.

"Canterlot. I have come here to supervise the preparations."

"CAAANTERLOT? You must tell me more, darling! Tell me everything. We're are gonna be the. Best. Of. Friends!" Sparkler exclaimed as she hugged Twilight.

Twilight shrugged and just hugged her back.

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Spike sat on Twilight's back and stared into the azure blue sky, daydreaming about Sparkler. Twilight giggled and nudged him,"Hey lover boy, what's next?"

Spike snapped out of his daydream and looked annoyingly at Twilight, she responded by giggling. He cleared his throat and said out,"Next is perfume,"

Twilight tapped her chin with her hoof, thinking about Fluttershy and perfume. As she was thinking half-way, an aroma wafted into her nose, she closed her eyes and breathed deeply, her assistant also did the same.

"What's that aroma?" They said in unison.

As they walked closer, they could hear soft humming, birds chirping and strong smell of roses, daisies and marigolds. Closer, they could tell that the sounds and smells were coming from behind a shrub, they walked through it, paring the shrub, to see a yell earth pony, with her pink tail and mane matted with mud, swishing about as she played the dirt with her hooves, making holes in the ground to place seeds and watering seedlings, some rabbits were even helping her to make holes. On her flank, dotted with 3 pink tulips was her cutie mark.

Twilight went up to her, breathed in and said," Good Afternoon, my name is Twilight Sparkle."

Chapter 3

"Hello! My name's Posey!" The mare spoke with a melodious voice, back still facing Twilight, her tail swishing. She turned around to face the purple mare once she laid a final seed into a hole. "Oh! You're new..." The yellow mare, upon realizing this, she backed behind, squeaking a bit.

"Hello again! My name is Twilight Sparkle, I've come to check on the perfume?"

She was answered by a soft squeak.

Twilight knew what would cure this mare's shyness, a purple glow enveloped Spike, whom was drawing pictures of Sparkler, and he was levitated to Posey's front. "Spike, Posey. Posey, Spike. Now talk." Spike was confused by what just happened and was irritated. Posey just stared wide-eyed at him.

"Hey! I was doing something!" Yelled Spike.

"YOU CAN TALK!" Posey shouted, bearing a wide grin,"I've never seen a baby dragon before, I adore animals. Even if my talent is gardening. You are so cute!" Posey pinched Spike's cheeks and giggled.

Spike, cheeks blushing, pushed his spike toupee backwards,"I am a cute dragon. Want to know more about my life?" A smirk on his face appeared.

"Everything."

'Now I remember why I hated this memory. Spike's life.' Twilight rolled her eyes at the thought as the baby dragon talked to the yellow mare as they all walked to the Treebary.

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Spike waved his arms dramatically in the air,"And that's the story of my whole life!"

I have already seen it once, and now I have to hear it twice. Twilight thought in her noggin.

Upon reaching the treebary, twilight turned to Posey and smiled,"Posey, would you like to come into the Treebary? I can hear someponies in there already." Posey, with a shocked expression, said,"It must be Surprise, she always surprises us. That's why she's called Surprise."

Twilight tapped her chin with her hoof and asked,"Does this 'Surprise' have cotton candy like mane? Purple eyes? White body? Wings?"

Posey nodded and inquired if Twilight had already met her.

Twilight just grinned, levitated Spike and pushed Posey into the treebary, only to be greeted by a lot of ponies.

"SURPRISE!!! My name's Surprise and I made this party just for you! Remember me? I'm the pony who went HUUUUUU!" The yellow-maned pegasus reanacted her gasp from this afternoon.

Twilight just raised an eyebrow and stuffed a hoof into Pinkie's mouth,"If this is a party right?" Surprise nodded,"Let's get our party on!" Twilight yelled, to be approved by the cheer of the other ponies there.

The ponies partied and partied till daybreak, they played 'Pin the tail on the pony', Musical chairs and many more.