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

As soon as she saw the two ponies, she saw the body next to them. A body slightly faded and unconcious. Her mother. As soon as that information registered, Firecracker was furious.

"Wha HAPPENED?!"

she screamed, making the earth pony flinch slightly. The unicorn stepped forward, no tremor in her voice as she spoke.

"She got hurt, what does it look like?"

she asked, her sarcasm feuling Firecracker's anger even more. She felt her horn grow hot as magic built up, ready to be used if the time arose.

"I can see dat little miss obvious, but ya didn't answer my question! HOW did she get like dis?!"

she said, her hooves leaving dents in the ground as she walked. Quill and Turner began to feel slightly scared.

"What-what's going on with her?"

Quill asked out loud. Ash turned to them, a slightly less scared look on his face.

"She gets like this whenever she's angry. Her magic and strength go a bit out of control."

he explained, shuddering slightly.

Firecracker didn't hear them however, as she moved closer to the two mysterious ponies.

"I'm waitin!"

she said.

The earth pony shuddered slightly as Firecracker's horn began to get a black tinge.

"She-she sent us an alert from the Etherial Plain and teleported herself on board. We're doing everything we can, I swear!"

he explained quickly, making Firecracker calm down somewhat.

"Ya'd better! Or I swear da last breath she takes will also be your's!"

"I think we're going a bit off track here."

Quill finally spoke up, making everyone give her a look of confusion.

"I mean, shouldn't we KNOW who these ponies are before  giving them death threats? I mean, c'mon Firecracker, where are your manners?"

she asked, making Turner facehoof and Ash roll his eyes. The mysterious unicorn however, seemed unphased by the strange comment as she took a few steps closer to the group.

"At least SOMEPONY is being reasonable. It'd be rude to die and not have a properly named tombstone."

she said with a smirk. Firecracker dug her hoof into the ground slightly.

"Don't test me!"

she hissed. The unicorn backed up slightly.

"Touchy, touchy! Anyway, I'm May and this is my future nephew Doctor Whooves!"

she said, ruffling the mane of the stallion next to her as she did, her scarf blowing into his face.

Ash raised an eyebrow.

"Nephew? But you look almost the same age."

he commented, earning a warning look from his brother. The earth pony (Doctor Whooves?) rolled his eyes.

"After a few wrong turns in the time vortex, I sped up my aging a bit. I'm supposed to be 10 YEARS younger at least."

he said, making May giggle slightly.

"Yeah! He's a real child at heart."

she gushed, making Doctor Whooves growl slightly.

"Do you REALLY think this is the best time to talk about my age!? We have a real issue to attend to here!"

he said, gesturing to the unconcious body of Wisteria as he spoke. Firecracker walked slowly to her mother's side, tears threatening to escape her eyes.

"We really are doing what we can. She was pretty banged up when she got on board."

May said, her voice gentle for the first time. Firecracker turned away, giving Turner time to move in before Firecracker could say something uncalled for.

"So, Doctor Whooves said time vortex. Does that mean you two are... time travelers or something?"

he asked, making the mysterious ponies nod in confirmation.

"Yep. Personal time agents to Princess Celestia. We're the ones that take care of issues OUTSIDE of what the naked eye can see."

Doctor Whooves explained, making Ash's eyes widen. "So, you save the world and travel through time and stuff? Like super heros?"

he asked, striking a super hero pose as he did. May laughed as she nodded again.

"Yeah. It's actually pretty fun when there isn't something trying to kill you."

she said casually, making Quill all the more excited as she began to pull a notepad from her saddle bag.

Turner shot her a warning look.

"Don't...even...think about it."

he whispered, making Quill sigh in frusteration before sliding the notepad back in.

"So, if you guys are time travelers, and know Wisteria, does that mean you...know about the prophesy?"

she asked, her voice taking on a serious tone. The mysterious ponies looked at each other in confusion.

"Prophesy? Wisteria never told us about any prophesy. If she did, we would have remembered."

Doctor Whooves replied, bringing a hoof to his mouth in thought.

Quill raised an eyebrow, but didn't pry.

"Well, supposedly, according to Wisteria, the Tree of Harmony had shown her two prophesies. One was about defeating changelings, which we did over 5 months ago."

Quill started, putting an amused look on May's face.

"Welp, that explains the weird bug pony we found on Venus."

she said with a giggle, putting embarrassed looks on the other pony's faces.

"So DAT'S where she went."

Firecracker thought out loud, speaking up for the first time since she sat next to her mother.

Quill nodded before continuing.

"That apparently was a test for us to pass to see if we're apart of an even BIGGER prophesy. Wisteria told us that if we succeeded in the first quest, that we'd be worthy of helping an important pony in the future defeat a new enemy. Judging by how you never knew about it, either the prophesy hasn't happened yet, or you guys aren't involved to begin with."

she explained, making the mysterious ponies shrug.

"We're sorry. We wish we could help you more, but we never even KNEW about this prophesy until now."

May said, a hint of genuine sorrow in her voice. Turner sighed as he dug his hoof into the ground.

"If only there was a way to find out EXACTLY what Wisteria meant. Or at least what the important pony looks like."

he said, shutting his eyes in dispair.

Doctor Whooves looked at him before a smile emerged on his face.

"You know...even though our time machine's a bit busted, we're still pretty good with history. If you want some help looking for information, we wouldn't mind helping you."

he said, May nodding in agreement. Quill smiled at those words.

"That would be great you two! Thanks!"

she said, the other ponies smiling as well, except for Firecracker, who simply shrugged her shoulders as she began to levitate her mother's body onto her back as the group prepared for departure.

"I'll just go grab some stuff from the machine and then we'll be good to go!"

Doctor Whooves said, as he climbed into the shed once more, his shirt sliding up slightly to reveal his cutie mark.

Turner felt his heart skip a beat as he saw the mark, his eyes widening in shock.

'Th-that doesn't make any sense...how...h-how is that possible?'

he thought to himself, his chest tightening slightly. The cutie mark. The cutie mark belonging to this time traveling, hyper aged stallion, was an hourglass...the exact same mark as his own.