Future Behold

by Ava_SleepTight

Rating: teen
Tags: Applejack, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Rarity, Fluttershy, Adventure, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 2759

It all began as a friendly act, turned into a horrible misfortune. Rarity was simply helping one of her closest friends when she was forced into another time, where all of her friends weren't friends anymore. How will she react? What will happen to h

Rarity. An Element of Harmony. Or, the element of generosity in general. Some others ponies would take advantage of her generosity. Betray her. But she was smart enough to forgive them, especially her friends. But, her friends never did take advantage of her generosity before. Until that night. One of Rarity's best friends would unknowingly lead her to her disappearance, from her familiar time. Into another time, when her friends weren't friends anymore. And they weren't the Elements of Harmony. No. They were different. Very different.

Published 2015-05-05 23:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2015-05-23 17:30:16 UTC

Chapter 1: A Friendly Deed

Author's Note

The story WILL start following the Long Description around Chapter three, when I write it. :rainbowkiss:

Chapter 1: A Friendly Deed

Chapter 1: A Friendly Deed

It was a frigid night, with sub-zero temperatures, when Fluttershy was returning home from shopping for vegetables, so that the animals that lived with her wouldn't starve. Although, Fluttershy had no clue that it was going to be so bitter and cold, as she tried to make her way back to her cottage as soon as possible, to make sure all of the animals are safe and sound. The windy weather pushed her mane back and forth; preventing her from seeing what was directly in front of her.

Twilight had told her earlier that there was going to be an awful storm that night, but Fluttershy was too concerned on how she was going to get to Sugercube Corner. She couldn't care less for the storm. She also couldn't stand the fact that when she was sleeping that night, she would continuously hear the moans and groans of empty stomachs, pleading for her to feed them. If she had heard any unsatisfied cry from an animal, she would push mountains apart to satisfy their needs.

From where Fluttershy was standing, she could see her cottage, and forced herself to move, even through the grim conditions. If Fluttershy wasn't consistently telling herself in her mind that her animals were emaciated, she wouldn't have made any effect to make it back to her cottage. 'Come on, Fluttershy,' She thought to herself, 'do it for Angel.' As soon as Fluttershy thought of Angel, her eyebrows furrowed in determination, clasping her teeth together in an effort to thrust herself against the wind. Fluttershy gasped in shock as the basket that was strongly encased against her waist began to wither, and break apart.

Fluttershy began to get overwhelmed by the situation, and instantly took off sprinting to her cottage, trying not to pay attention to the multiple vegetables that had fallen out. As soon as Fluttershy made it back to her cottage, she pushed the door open, and slammed it shut, grabbing the attention of the energetic crowd of animals that had surrounded her. "Okay, okay, everypony calm down..." Fluttershy smiled, trying to catch her breath. "Dinner's here, or at least, what's left of dinner." Fluttershy sighed, pushing the small threads of her mane out of her face. "Let's see, oh! Mr. Tinkle winkle, I still have the carrot you wanted." Fluttershy smiles as she balances a carrot on top of her muzzle.

An ecstatic beaver hurriedly ran over to Fluttershy as she dropped the carrot, landing directly on top of its beak. "Are you sure you only want to eat this carrot? I could've gotten you that piece of wood you'd wanted. I don't know if you'd be full after only one small carrot." The beaver shook its head, as it ran off with the carrot. "Okay, who wanted the cabbage?" Fluttershy calls. A small brown rabbit jumped from the crowd of animals, landing right in front of Fluttershy. "I can see that you've been working on your hopping, Miss Sammy." Fluttershy giggles as she gives the small piece of cabbage to the hungry rabbit. "Okay, now, let's see who's next... Oh! Angel! You wanted a salad?" The crowd of animals became silent at that moment.

"Where's Angel?" Fluttershy frowned, "Does anypony know where Angel hopped off to?" The crowd stayed quiet. "Fine. If none of you are going to tell me, forget about your food." Fluttershy of course was lying under her breath, but she needed somepony to spill the beans. After a few seconds, a tiny squirrel began to squeal, Fluttershy being able to understand what it was saying, of course. "You all went outside without telling me? Angel got lost in the storm?!" Fluttershy gasped, her face turning pale. The squirrel quickly stopped squealing as Fluttershy began to panic, the squirrel earning a quick slap to the head from the beaver. "I need to get there! I need to-" Before Fluttershy could've ran outside, she was held back by two baby birds that were pulling on her mane. The beaver began to wave his claws around rapidly. "I need to go out there! Angel could be hurt, not to mention alone and afraid." Fluttershy cried, "But... You're right, Mister Tinkle Winkle. It's too dangerous out there. I can't go alone. But, one of you guys can-" As soon as Fluttershy mentioned the other animals, they were gone as soon as they came. "Oh. I guess I can contact Twilight. She'll know what to do." Fluttershy sighed, picking up her little phone and dialing in Twilight's number.

"Twilight?"

"Fluttershy?"

"I just wanted to know if you're not busy, you could come over and help me search for Angel. My animals are too afraid to come with me, so maybe you can come over?"

"Fluttershy, I'm uh, afraid I can't. The storm outside is pretty furious and, I need to reorganize all the books in my library. Spike unfortunately knocked most of them over earlier, but, I hope you're not angry at me, it's just that-"

"Of course Twilight, I wouldn't be angry at you. I completely understand. I'll just contact another one of our friends. Maybe."

"Oh, okay. I'm sorry, Fluttershy, I really am. If I wasn't busy, I would've certainly came over there to help. The storm would've probably been a big hassle, but, I know I could've... Ugh."

"Don't frustrate yourself too much, Twilight." Fluttershy smiled into the phone, "Nopony's perfect."

"Yeah, sometimes I need a reminder. Thanks, Fluttershy."

"Anytime."

"Well, I have to go- Oh! Spike! Be careful!" Twilight yelled into the phone. "I'm sorry, Fluttershy. Spike is just-"

"It's okay, I'll save you the trouble." Fluttershy sighed, before she hung up the phone.

She knew she couldn't call Rainbow Dash, she wouldn't her to fly in such bad weather, and Applejack was probably helping her family make it through the weather as well. Pinkie pie wouldn't have minded coming over, but the Cakes were probably keeping her locked in. And then there was Rarity. Fluttershy had no idea if Rarity was doing anything important at the time, but, she decided to give it a try calling her.

"I'm sorry to say but, the Carousel Boutique is currently closed today. Actually, the store will open as soon as the storm ends, which means probably the next day. So, you won't have to wait long."

"Uhm, Rarity?"

"Fluttershy? Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't give you a chance to speak darling, do you need anything?"

"Uhm, actually, yes. Can you come over?"

"Come over? In... In this weather? I-"

"You don't have to come over but," Fluttershy sighed, her eyes began to fill up in tears, "Angel has gone missing. I-I don't know where he could possibly be, but I think he could've went into the Everfree forest. My animals are too afraid to go with me, and I'm too afraid myself, so, can you?"

There was a long silence on the phone until Rarity finally responded,

"O-Of course Fluttershy, it wouldn't make me a good friend if I didn't help you."

"Yeah." Fluttershy frowned, remembering what Twilight had said.

"I'll be over there in a flash."

"I don't want you to get stuck in the weather though. Be careful."

"I know how special Angel is to you, and I can just tell by your voice that you're nervous for his well-being. Don't worry about me." Rarity reassured her.

"Thank you so much, Rarity. I don't know what I'd do without you." "Oh," Rarity laughed into the phone. "Don't mention it."

30 minutes later, Fluttershy heard a knocking on the door. As she opened the door, she came face to face with a forlorn Rarity, covered top-to-bottom with bulgy clothing.

"I-I was on my way here, and I'd almost gotten stricken by lightning. Now the corners of my hat are as black as coal." Rarity sobbed, wiping a few tears from under the large pair of glasses that she was wearing. Fluttershy wasn't completely sure if Rarity was crying, or was just acting sarcastic, until she saw that the hat was actually burning up, so she didn't say anything. "So, tell me, what happened again?"

"I had just gotten home from getting vegetables for the animals, and I couldn't find Angel when I called out for him. Some of the other animals spoke up and told me that some of them went outside without my permission," Fluttershy turned her head and stared at the animals accusingly, making most of them turn away. "And Angel had gotten lost in the storm. I think he wandered into the Everfree Forest."

"Oh dear Celestia, he must be petrified." Rarity gasped.

"I know. I hope the weather didn't cause you too much trouble getting here."

"Not... really. Just a little jolt of lightning to refresh your reflexes doesn't hurt anypony. Unless if you were almost hit." Rarity spoke between clenched teeth.

"Anyways, we should hurry, while the storm is starting to calm down." Fluttershy nodded, opening the back door from her cottage so that her and Rarity could start to trot into the forest.

Chapter 2: Old friends, New Enemies

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Chapter 3: Held Hostage

Author's Note

Yaaaay! Chapter 3 is here! :raritystarry: I hope you all like it! I've worked really hard on this one, if you have any questions, list them in the comments! I'll answer!

Chapter 3: Held Hostage

Chapter 3: Held Hostage

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"Argh-What-Where am I?" Rarity choked, regaining her consciousness. Around her was nothing but darkness, and the only thing that she was hearing currently was the sound of a cart being lugged around. Rarity had tired to move around from where she was laying down, but she had no such luck. It seemed that she was strapped down to a table of some sorts. "Ah-!" Rarity hissed as the lights around her flickered on.

"Recording 1-1-8. I had found one of the forgotten ponies from long ago. The pony doesn't seem to be injured or hurt in the slightest, but the material that it was wearing beforehand was lost when the pony was being taken to the laboratory." Said a voice that was far away from where Rarity was strapped down.

"I demand for you to let me go!" Rarity shouted, wiggling against the binds that held her down. "I'm not an item for you to experiment on in your, 'laboratory'"

"It seems that the pony is retaliating against the handcuffs. I will enter the cubicle to check on its restraint power." The voice announced.

Rarity looked up quickly when she'd spotted a pony that was dressed up In a lab coat, with a mask covering his or her face. The pony had also hid its mane behind the mask. Rarity's curiosity had gotten the better of her, and she decided to wait until the lab pony was close enough, before she would whack the mask off the pony's face. Rarity knew it was an unpleasant thing to do, especially to the pony who was holding her currently in custody, but she needed to know who the pony was.

Rarity was watching the pony very careful as it made its way to where she was strapped down, luckily, her restraint wasn't tight enough to hold her whole hoof down. She'd also noticed that the pony that was making its way towards her had a coat (skin) color of a dark-shade of purple. The reason why she knew this is because the lab coat that the pony was wearing was quite short, and Rarity could've easily seen her hooves. It reminded her of somepony she knew...

Finally, the lab pony began to restrain the hoof that was on the other side of Rarity, so she had perfect aim. Rarity began to quietly count to 3, before she slapped the lab pony's face with her hoof, making the mask go flying.

As soon as the mask hit the ground, Rarity's mouth turn into a 'o' shape.

"Look what you've done!" The pony screeched, bending over to grab the mask that had fallen onto the tiled floor. But Rarity had already seen enough. The pony had a mane of a light and dark purple color, like the color of its hooves, but Rarity had also noticed that the pony had the same exact cutie mark that Twilight had, as the pony bent over to grab the mask.

"Twilight?" Rarity asked in shock, "Is it really you?"

Before the pony that was supposedly Twilight had put on her mask again, she looked at Rarity with a heartbroken expression. Twilight had crinkles all over her face, and under her eyes. She had looked like that she either had a lack of sleep, or if she was... old.

"How do you know my name?" Twilight hissed, staring directly at Rarity. Rarity couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"Twilight, it's me, Rarity. Your good friend, from the past?"

"Your Good friend?" Twilight frowned, "You still think... We're friends?"

"Of course." Rarity smiled, hoping that Twilight would remember her.

"Why...Why are you so young? What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, staring at the handcuffs that Rarity was still strapped down by.

"Why are you asking me? What happened to you?" Rarity questioned, pointing at the lab coat Twilight was wearing.

"I'm still the same," Twilight sighed, "It's just that... I'd realized that I'd lost Friendship a long time ago, and that I couldn't earn it back."

"What are you talking about, Twilight? You're the element of friendship. You can't loose friendship, especially not from me." Rarity explained.

"You have no clue Rarity, you have no clue." Twilight chuckled, turning away from Rarity.

"I certainly do, Twilight. I know that whatever happened, it wouldn't have broken up our friendship." Rarity argued.

"WELL," Twilight yelled, startling Rarity, "WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR 'BEST FRIENDS' MOVE AWAY WITHOUT TELLING YOU?! WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR FRIENDS, I'M SORRY, BEST FRIENDS DECIDE TO BAIL OUT ON YOUR FRIENDSHIP TO TAKE ON CAREERS THAT SUPPORT THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF FRIENDSHIP? AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THE 'ELEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP' IS LEFT BEHIND, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM HER FRIENDS, WHO HELP REPRESENT HER ELEMENT OF HARMONY?!"

"Then you should try to accept what they're doing!" Rarity cries.

"Yes, yes, of course. I did try to accept what they did, and I'd waited for them to contact me. I waited... and waited..." Twilight giggled, strings and pieces from her mane began to stick up, making her mane look twisted and messy.

"You can't... expect them to contact you when they're first starting out..." Rarity says hesitantly.

"But what if they don't EVER call you back? They never tell you how they're doing? They don't remember you, the don't NEED you anymore?" Twilight laughs out loud, caught up in her own insanity. "Is that Friendship? Tell me Rarity," Twilight hissed,

"Is it?"

Rarity remained silent as Twilight placed her hoof upon her neck, pushing down on it. "Wherever you came from, you should know what friendship IS. My friends made me realize that friendship was only a BIG mistake. You only get hurt in the end. And that's what happened to me, so, since you're still in the amidst of still believing in friendship, it's going to be quite hard to..." Twilight's face then showed an expression of absolute insanity. "Convert you."

"C-convert me?" Rarity gasped, bobbing her head up and down to try to make Twilight remove her hoof from her neck.

"Of course!"

Rarity didn't know what to think of it, was she still dreaming? Or was Twilight really going to 'convert' her? Rarity was trying to think more about what Twilight was going to do to her, but what she was focused on now was to try to BREATH.

"Twilight-Argh-Ple-" Rarity choked, her eyes popping out of their sockets.

"Oh, what's wrong Rarity? Feeling a little, out of breath?" Twilight laughs demonically. "Once you wake up, you're going to forget ALL ABOUT OF YOUR FRIENDS."

Finally, Twilight had pushed hard enough on her throat to suffocate her, and make her pass out. Twilight had began to leave the laboratory when suddenly, there was a loud knocking at the door. "Who is it?" Twilight called, still a little affected from her leftover insanity.

Whoever where behind the door didn't speak, but instead knocked down the door, startling Twilight. Twilight began to laugh in surprise, but stopped immediately when she'd realized that there was two Lunar guards standing firmly at her door.

Chapter 4: The Sun, Moon, and the Stars

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