Quill's Journal (a.k.a. The quest to save time)

"Hey Firecracker! You okay? You've barely touched your hay burger." Quill pointed out, gesturing to the unicorn's untouched plate.

The gang was sitting in a booth at the Hay Burger, all of them enjoying a pleasant dinner and a couple laughs. Firecracker however, had other things on her mind. She could hardly concentrate on a thing such as EATING.

"I've just been thinkin 'bout my mom. She told me dat the etherial plain was the safest place in the UNIVERSE for her! If it's in danga...I would neva forgive m'self if somethin happened to her." Firecracker replied, depression clear in her voice.

Turner smiled and patted Firecracker on the shoulder.

"Don't worry Firecracker. Don't forget Wisteria was trained by Clover the Clever, who was trained by Starswirl the Bearded. Not to mention she was a castle shaman for a period of time. She wrote the BOOK that helped us get through that quest. She'll be fine." he assured her, making the unicorn's tensed up shoulders relax a bit.

"Yeah! I bet whatever's up there is getting their flank totally BLASTED by her right now!" Ash added, his voice muffled from all the food in his mouth.

Turner rolled his eyes in disgust. "Ash, keep your mouth closed when you're chewing." he scolded.

"Sorry." Ash apologized, before closing his mouth from under his brother's glare.

"Besides Firecracker, we've got BIG things to worry about too. Like that mysterious pony we're supposed to help in the future for example." Turner said, changing the subject almost immediately.

Quill nodded in agreement.

"Yeah. It's been almost 5 months and there hasn't been any sign of anything weird in Ponyville. I've even asked my parents and cousin to keep their eyes on things in Cloudsdale and Trottingham and they've seen nothing out of the ordinary." she said, nibbling on one of her horseshoe bites as she did.

"Our parents as WELL as the princesses have been checking on things in Canterlot too. Nothing." Turner put in, Ash nodding in agreement.

"And, not to mention dat Turner can't see da future anymore now dat our timewalkin powers are kaput. So now we don't even know what da pony looks like! Neva mind what da threat is." Firecracker added, her hoof to her head in frusteration.

Quill nodded as she took another bite out of her burger. "For all we know, it can just be Chrysalis again and we have to get her back to...wherever it was we sent her..." Quill said, trailing off as she reached a question.

"Say, guys? What exactly did we DO to Chrysalis when we used the amulet of balence on her?" she questioned out loud, putting confused looks on everypony's faces.

"I...don't know." Turner answered.

"Good riddance says I." Firecracker replied, as she (finally) took a sip of her milkshake.

Before anypony could say anything else, they heard a boom outside, un noticed by everypony else in the restaurant.

"What da hay was dat?!" Firecracker cursed, getting up from her seat almost immediately.

"I dunno, but it doesn't sound good!" Quill replied, spreading her wings as she rushed to the door.

"C'mon! Let's go check it out!" Ash called as he ran out the door, the rest of the gang following close behind.

"HEY! You forgot the bill!" the restaraunt owner called, glaring in their direction.

Turner stopped in his tracks and turned around, a calm look on his face. He walked up to the counter and placed some bits on the surface, bowing his head slightly as he did.

"Thanks for your service." he said calmly.

"TURNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh yeah, sorry guys!" he called, as he ran out the door to join his comrades.

"So...anypony know what we're looking for?" Ash asked boredly, making Turner sigh as he carried Ash down the road.

"For the 3rd time Ash, no! All we heard was a loud boom and that was it." he answered, making the younger pony huff slightly.

Quill rolled her eyes and looked at him from where she flew above.

"But that doesn't mean we should let our guard down. If whatever's out there is the mysterious pony OR the danger that comes with said pony, we need to stay alert, be prepared for anything..."

Boom!!!!

"...well I wasn't prepared for that."

"Guys! My magic's pickin up two pony lifeforms over DAT way! We're gettin close!" Firecracker called, pointing toward the Everfree Forest as she did.

Quill groaned. "Of ALL the places to crash something, it HAD to be the Everfree Forest." she complained, making Turner nod slightly in agreement.

"Aw c'mon guys! Where's your sense of adventure? Let's go!" Ash called, sliding off Turner's back and running to join Firecracker's speedy trot as he did.

"I-bu-gee-I...UGH! Never mind." Turner said with a huff, making Quill giggle as they ran to catch up with the unicorn and young colt.

"Hmm, I spy something...blue..."

"Ugh, can it May! I'm trying to concentrate!" Doctor Whooves called, scolding his partner from inside the shed, which was smoking quite a bit. His words were replaced with coughing as more smoke sputtered out.

"Ooh! I spy something...broken." May teased with a smirk, making Doctor Whooves glare at her with a soot covered face.

"Ugh, don't you have anything better to do than make fun of my repairing skills? How's our patient doing?" he asked, wiping soot off his face as he did. May's smirk turned to a light smile as she thought out her answer.

"She's holding up pretty well. She lost quite a bit of energy following us, but my magic was able to heal her a bit." May explained, making Doctor Whooves sigh in relief.

"Thank Celestia! With luck, once I get the shed repaired, we'll be able to report this to the Princesses." Doctor Whooves said with a smile, before diving back into the shed.

May's smile quickly turned to a frown as a new sound filled the air. "D-Doc? Did you hear that?" she asked, earning a shaking head from her partner.

"Nope. Why?"

His question was soon answered when four ponies burst into the clearing, one of which was bearing a grimace on her face at the sight of them, more specifically at May and the figure next to her.

"And what in da name of Tartarous is goin ON HERE?!"