A Twist in Reality

"Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh!"

"I can't believe it!"

"This is so amazing!"

"How is it possible?!"

"It's probably extremely dangerous."

"That doesn't make it any less amazing!"

"Quiet!" Alicorn Twilight snapped at Trixie and Sunset, who were currently in each other's faces.

"Look, Trixie knows you're the 'smart one', but Trixie can figure things out too!"

"Yeah, and Sunset- I mean, and I'm gonna help!"

Trixie threw a glare Sunset's way before looking to Alicorn Twilight.

"Listen, while Trixie seems to be the smartest pony here, she believes that the Twilights said they would explain how they're both here, mmm?"

The Twilights each nodded, and began talking in clockwork unison. "I believe it had something to do with my machine, made in the future obviously, and the Elements of Harmony."

"The Elements of Harmony no longer exist, of course, after I became an Alicorn." Alicorn Twilight said, setting a hoof on her chest.

"But they do in the past, A.K.A. now." Said Unicorn Twilight. "I've only been here for a day. The Elements have already been assigned to Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and I."

"We think that since they've only just been assigned, they can reassign themselves." They said.

"Which is no good for the future," Said Alicorn Twilight.

"Or the past." Said Unicorn Twilight.

"Woah, wait," Sunset muttered.

"Are you saying that..." Trixie started.

"The Elements of Harmony reassigned themselves to US?!" The yellow and blue ponies exclaimed.

"Yes," The Twilights sighed.

"Hold on... there's only four of us here? Aren't there six Elements?"

"That's right," Alicorn Twilight said, frowning.

"And we're both one Element, Magic." Said Unicorn Twilight. "So that means there are at least three more ponies that need to be here."

"Trixie is beginning to lose interest. She is wondering what Element she is!"

"I am too! What Elements are there?" Sunset asked.

"Well, doesn't it go... Laughter, Honesty... Kindness, uh..." Trixie trailed off, but Sunset quickly picked up where she left off. "Generosity, Loyalty, and Magic."

"The Twilights are already Magic, so Trixie would say she's... Loyalty!"

"I guess I'm Honesty? I don't know."

"You two do know this is a theory, right?" The Twilights asked.

The other two ponies ignored the purple twins and continued to babble about why they're that Element and such.

Suddenly, Trixie burst into the lab. The five ponies looked at each other-had any of them heard her come in?

"I'm here, don't worry!" Trixie called. They all stared at the showpony, clueless as ever.

Trixie frowned. "I take it Twilight has not filled you in on what's happening?"

"Ohhhhhhhh!" Pinkie laughed to herself, bonking her head. "That must've been what Twilight forgot! And that's why she went!"

"... Sure." Trixie said. "Anyways, I'm here to help get Twilight back to her normal time so we don't screw everything up in a time loop again."

"Whatever are you talking about?" Rarity asked, her voice light and disbelieving.

"Hopefully it won't happen again in this time line for you to see it." Trixie muttered.

"This timeline? You mean Twilight's off runnin' around on some other timeline? And she didn't think to warn herself?" Applejack asked, frowning at the showmare.

"She can't! That's why I'm here to stop it from happening again! I don't want to have to go over this 400 times..." Trixie muttered.